Vegetal Products — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 2,255 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetal products — food supply in Costa Rica is 2,255 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 2,337 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,211 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
Costa Rica ranks 116th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,253 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 2,254 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,317 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,306 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,260 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 2,211 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 2,255 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,279 kcal/cap/d | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,259 kcal/cap/d | 2,211 kcal/cap/d | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 113 China, Taiwan Province of 2,262 kcal/cap/d compare
- 114 Seychelles 2,262 kcal/cap/d compare
- 115 Bulgaria 2,262 kcal/cap/d compare
- 117 Tajikistan 2,253 kcal/cap/d compare
- 118 Angola 2,238 kcal/cap/d compare
- 119 Iceland 2,235 kcal/cap/d compare
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetal products — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Vegetal products — food supply in Costa Rica was 2,255 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,337 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,211 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Costa Rica rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 116th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.