Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Freshwater Fish — Food supply was 11.16 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Freshwater Fish — 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 11.16 kcal/cap/d for freshwater fish — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply in Costa Rica peaked at 12.67 kcal/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8.01 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
Costa Rica ranks 28th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.14 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 8.75 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 8.01 kcal/cap/d | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 9.99 kcal/cap/d | +24.7% |
| 2014 | 11.78 kcal/cap/d | +17.9% |
| 2015 | 11.53 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 11.2 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 11.24 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 12.67 kcal/cap/d | +12.7% |
| 2019 | 11.4 kcal/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 11.32 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 11.26 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 11.21 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 11.16 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.57 kcal/cap/d | 8.01 kcal/cap/d | 12.67 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.24 kcal/cap/d | 11.16 kcal/cap/d | 11.32 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate -79.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0.0002 m3 per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply in Costa Rica?
- Freshwater fish — food supply in Costa Rica was 11.16 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 12.67 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.01 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Costa Rica rank for freshwater fish — food supply?
- Costa Rica ranks 28th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. 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 Freshwater Fish — 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.