Swine / pigs — Stocks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 559,743 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica is 559,743 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica peaked at 585,208 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 137,000 An, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 77th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 137,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 141,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 145,322 An | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 150,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 155,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 160,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 165,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 170,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 197,770 An | +16.3% |
| 1970 | 198,000 An | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 210,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 225,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 216,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 220,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 225,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 215,000 An | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 215,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 215,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 207,000 An | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 223,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 240,000 An | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 243,000 An | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 236,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 223,000 An | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 220,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 183,000 An | -16.8% |
| 1987 | 160,000 An | -12.6% |
| 1988 | 237,000 An | +48.1% |
| 1989 | 250,000 An | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 270,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 290,000 An | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 310,000 An | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 340,000 An | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 350,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 350,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 300,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 315,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 360,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 260,000 An | -27.8% |
| 2000 | 275,000 An | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 300,000 An | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 310,000 An | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 315,000 An | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 337,000 An | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 349,000 An | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 362,000 An | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 426,000 An | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 447,000 An | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 440,000 An | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 438,000 An | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 432,000 An | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 453,000 An | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 448,000 An | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 473,000 An | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 482,163 An | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 440,062 An | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 412,584 An | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 370,570 An | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 442,089 An | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 405,613 An | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 476,000 An | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 555,952 An | +16.8% |
| 2023 | 585,208 An | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 559,743 An | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 157,899 An | 137,000 An | 197,770 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 214,600 An | 198,000 An | 225,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 221,500 An | 160,000 An | 250,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 314,500 An | 260,000 An | 360,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 356,100 An | 275,000 An | 447,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 439,147 An | 370,570 An | 482,163 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 516,503 An | 405,613 An | 585,208 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica was 559,743 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 585,208 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 137,000 An in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Swine / pigs — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.