Yams — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Yams — Food supply was 5,387 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — Food supply in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, yams — food supply in Costa Rica stood at 5,387 million Kcal.
The figure is up 106.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 7,588 million Kcal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,609 million Kcal, in 2022.
Costa Rica ranks 25th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,083 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 5,160 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 5,240 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 5,306 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 6,906 million Kcal | +30.2% |
| 2015 | 4,913 million Kcal | -28.9% |
| 2016 | 4,552 million Kcal | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 5,800 million Kcal | +27.4% |
| 2018 | 7,389 million Kcal | +27.4% |
| 2019 | 7,588 million Kcal | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 5,926 million Kcal | -21.9% |
| 2021 | 3,074 million Kcal | -48.1% |
| 2022 | 2,609 million Kcal | -15.1% |
| 2023 | 5,387 million Kcal | +106.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,794 million Kcal | 4,552 million Kcal | 7,588 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,249 million Kcal | 2,609 million Kcal | 5,926 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 yams — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Yams — food supply in Costa Rica was 5,387 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 7,588 million Kcal in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,609 million Kcal in 2022.
- How does Costa Rica rank for yams — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 25th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.