Agriculture & Rural in Costa Rica

4,205 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Countries that are contracting Parties to the International Treaty on 1 2025 unchanged 5th
Sweet potatoes — Losses 0 1000 t 2023 — 76th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) 0.2 million No 2023 unchanged 91st
Bananas — Revealed comparative advantage index 26.24 2024 down 9.6% 4th
Cottonseed — Production 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% 72nd
Copra Cake — Production 136 t 2013 up 21.4% 47th
Maize and products — Processing 88 1000 t 2023 up 1,660.0% 41st
Natural rubber in primary forms — Export quantity 0.02 t 2023 — 87th
Yams — Food supply 2.89 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 6.2% 34th
Yams — Food supply 5,387 million Kcal 2023 up 1.5% 34th
Yams — Protein supply quantity 0.07 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged 34th
Yams — Protein supply quantity 121.97 t 2023 up 1.5% 34th
Yams — Fat supply quantity 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged 27th
Yams — Fat supply quantity 15.25 t 2023 up 1.5% 34th
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Gross Production Value 35.63 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 14.6% 18th
Natural rubber in other forms — Export quantity 4.1 t 2022 down 62.7% 75th
Cassava yields 10.1 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 32.7% 56th
Cotton yields 0.7851 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 1.1% 78th
Oil palm fruit — Gross Production Value 173,923 1000 USD 2024 up 38.6% 15th
Raw milk of cattle — Import dependency ratio -0.02 2024 up 33.3% 107th
Raw milk of cattle — Self-sufficiency ratio 1.02 2024 down 1.0% 17th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Revealed 0 2024 down 100.0% 109th
Yams — Food 6 1000 t 2023 unchanged 34th
Yams — Food supply quantity 1.18 kg/cap 2023 down 6.3% 34th
Harvester and threshers (trade) — Export Value 1,599 1000 USD 2009 down 79.4% 56th
Grapefruit and products — Losses 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 34th
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population 2.3 % 2023 up 43.8% 71st
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 134.4 1000 No 2024 up 28.2% 91st
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Processing 14 1000 t 2023 unchanged 69th
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the male adult population 1.7 % 2023 up 6.2% 74th
Potatoes — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.94 2023 up 1.1% 59th
Potatoes — Import dependency ratio 0.06 2023 down 14.3% 60th
Indicator of Food Price Anomalies (IFPA), by Consumer Food Price Index -0.3 index 2024 down 900.0% 121st
Cantaloupes and other melons — Gross Production Value 28.47 million 1000 SLC 2024 down 45.9% 13th
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total population 2 % 2023 up 25.0% 74th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults 0.3 million No 2023 up 50.0% 83rd
Food supply and consumption — Fat supply 107.8 Grammes per person per day 2023 up 11.5% 30th
Food supply and consumption — Protein supply 91.9 Grammes per person per day 2023 up 18.3% 33rd
Sweet potatoes — Production 2 1000 t 2023 — 88th
Cassava, fresh — Gross Production Value 36.18 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 55.0% 28th
Wheat — Revealed comparative advantage index 0 2020 — 75th
Maize (corn) — Import dependency ratio 0.99 2024 unchanged 16th
Maize (corn) — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.01 2024 unchanged 98th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per 44.63 No 2025 up 6.3% 12th
Strawberries — Gross Production Value 7.45 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 10.8% 12th
Fish, Liver Oil — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 11th
Sugar cane — Gross Production Value 95.72 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 1.0% 13th
Sesame seed — Revealed comparative advantage index 0 2024 down 100.0% 92nd
Sesame seed — Producer Price Index 118.84 2025 up 18.8% 25th
Oilcrops, Other — Processing 18 1000 t 2023 up 260.0% 41st
Spices — Losses 0 1000 t 2023 — 63rd
Pineapples — Revealed comparative advantage index 146.54 2024 down 14.2% 1st
Apples — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.02 2024 up 100.0% 69th
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 119.5 1000 No 2024 up 12.8% 88th
Cottonseed — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 49th
Roots, Other — Losses 1 1000 t 2023 down 66.7% 50th
Copra Cake — Export Quantity 7 t 2013 down 99.1% 25th
Agricultural Researchers (FTE) — Government, Higher Education and 237.7 No 2020 up 12.5% 60th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Mean weekly hours actually worked per 44.91 No 2025 up 4.5% 25th
Fish, Body Oil — Production 0 1000 t 2023 — 51st