Wheat and products — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Wheat and products — Food supply was 346.86 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 346.86 kcal/cap/d for wheat and products — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 386.11 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 286.35 kcal/cap/d, in 2016.
That places Costa Rica 116th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 308.55 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 313 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 321.22 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 314.81 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 309.68 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 298.31 kcal/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 286.35 kcal/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 297.13 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 304.54 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 386.11 kcal/cap/d | +26.8% |
| 2020 | 373.51 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 336.09 kcal/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 321.46 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 346.86 kcal/cap/d | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 313.97 kcal/cap/d | 286.35 kcal/cap/d | 386.11 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 344.48 kcal/cap/d | 321.46 kcal/cap/d | 373.51 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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)
- 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 wheat and products — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Costa Rica was 346.86 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 386.11 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 286.35 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Costa Rica rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 116th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. 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 Wheat and 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.