Average supply of protein of animal origin in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Average supply of protein of animal origin was 44.7 g/cap/day in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
44.7 g/cap/day
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
60th
of 170 countries
All-time high
44.7 g/cap/day
in 2018
All-time low
34.3 g/cap/day
in 2002
Years of data
17
2002–2018

Average supply of protein of animal origin in Costa Rica, 2002–2018

0102030402002201020182002: 34.3 g/cap/day2003: 34.7 g/cap/day2004: 34.3 g/cap/day2005: 34.7 g/cap/day2006: 35 g/cap/day2007: 36.3 g/cap/day2008: 37.7 g/cap/day2009: 39 g/cap/day2010: 39.3 g/cap/day2011: 39 g/cap/day2012: 38.7 g/cap/day2013: 39 g/cap/day2014: 40.3 g/cap/day2015: 41.3 g/cap/day2016: 42.7 g/cap/day2017: 43.7 g/cap/day2018: 44.7 g/cap/day

Source: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Measured in g/cap/day.

Analysis

In 2018, average supply of protein of animal origin in Costa Rica stood at 44.7 g/cap/day. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average supply of protein of animal origin in Costa Rica peaked at 44.7 g/cap/day in 2018 and was at its lowest, 34.3 g/cap/day, in 2002.

Costa Rica ranks 60th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Average supply of protein of animal origin in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/cap/day) in Costa Rica, 2002 to 2018.
Year g/cap/day Change
2002 34.3 g/cap/day
2003 34.7 g/cap/day +1.2%
2004 34.3 g/cap/day -1.2%
2005 34.7 g/cap/day +1.2%
2006 35 g/cap/day +0.9%
2007 36.3 g/cap/day +3.7%
2008 37.7 g/cap/day +3.9%
2009 39 g/cap/day +3.4%
2010 39.3 g/cap/day +0.8%
2011 39 g/cap/day -0.8%
2012 38.7 g/cap/day -0.8%
2013 39 g/cap/day +0.8%
2014 40.3 g/cap/day +3.3%
2015 41.3 g/cap/day +2.5%
2016 42.7 g/cap/day +3.4%
2017 43.7 g/cap/day +2.3%
2018 44.7 g/cap/day +2.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 35.75 g/cap/day 34.3 g/cap/day 39 g/cap/day 8
2010s 40.97 g/cap/day 38.7 g/cap/day 44.7 g/cap/day 9

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 58 Dominica 46.3 g/cap/day compare
  2. 59 Cyprus 46 g/cap/day compare
  3. 60 Armenia 44.7 g/cap/day compare
  4. 62 Mexico 44 g/cap/day compare
  5. 62 Uruguay 44 g/cap/day compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is average supply of protein of animal origin in Costa Rica?
Average supply of protein of animal origin in Costa Rica was 44.7 g/cap/day in 2018, according to FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data.
What is the highest average supply of protein of animal origin recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 44.7 g/cap/day in 2018.
What is the lowest average supply of protein of animal origin recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 34.3 g/cap/day in 2002.
How does Costa Rica rank for average supply of protein of animal origin?
Costa Rica ranks 60th out of 170 countries with data for 2018.
Is average supply of protein of animal origin rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as part of Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/cap/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Average supply of protein of animal origin (g/cap/day)
Unit
g/cap/day
Source
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
170 places, 2,866 data points, 2002–2018
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Average supply of protein of animal origin reflects a 3-year average from the Suite of Food Security Indicators on FAOSTAT. Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented on FAOSTAT. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgment and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported on FAOSTAT in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). In addition to this license, some database specific terms of use are listed: Terms of Use of Datasets.