Costa Rica vs Spain: Dietary compositions by commodity group

Costa Rica
37.89 kilocalories per day per capita
in 2023
Spain
36.06 kilocalories per day per capita
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
136th
Spain rank
139th

Dietary compositions by commodity group over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Spain
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 37.89 kilocalories per day per capita against 36.06 kilocalories per day per capita in Spain, a difference of 1.83 kilocalories per day per capita.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 136th and Spain ranks 139th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Dietary compositions by commodity group
Unit
kilocalories per day per capita
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 10,214 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Average per capita dietary energy supply by commodity groups, measured in kilocalories per person per day.