Wheat and products — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Wheat and products — Food supply was 646,389 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 646,389 million Kcal for wheat and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 704,579 million Kcal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 508,691 million Kcal, in 2016.
That places Costa Rica 106th 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 | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 513,102 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 526,655 million Kcal | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 546,825 million Kcal | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 541,911 million Kcal | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 538,837 million Kcal | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 524,599 million Kcal | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 508,691 million Kcal | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 532,849 million Kcal | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 551,099 million Kcal | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 704,579 million Kcal | +27.8% |
| 2020 | 686,334 million Kcal | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 620,724 million Kcal | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 596,262 million Kcal | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 646,389 million Kcal | +8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 548,915 million Kcal | 508,691 million Kcal | 704,579 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 637,427 million Kcal | 596,262 million Kcal | 686,334 million Kcal | 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 646,389 million Kcal 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 704,579 million Kcal in 2019.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 508,691 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Costa Rica rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 106th 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 19.3%. 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 Wheat and products — Food supply (kcal). 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.