Egg production, per capita in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Egg production, per capita was 0.0175 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Egg production, per capita in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.0175 tonnes per person for egg production, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.1% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, egg production, per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0175 tonnes per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0046 tonnes per person, in 1985.
That places Costa Rica 21st out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Egg production, per capita in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0054 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0055 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0055 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0057 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0059 tonnes per person | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0074 tonnes per person | +26.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0072 tonnes per person | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0068 tonnes per person | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 0.007 tonnes per person | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0067 tonnes per person | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 0.007 tonnes per person | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0073 tonnes per person | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0076 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0075 tonnes per person | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0074 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0075 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0075 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0074 tonnes per person | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.007 tonnes per person | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0071 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0069 tonnes per person | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0069 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0054 tonnes per person | -21.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0048 tonnes per person | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0046 tonnes per person | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0063 tonnes per person | +34.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0077 tonnes per person | +23.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0085 tonnes per person | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0091 tonnes per person | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0104 tonnes per person | +15.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0116 tonnes per person | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 0.012 tonnes per person | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0125 tonnes per person | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0122 tonnes per person | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0145 tonnes per person | +18.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0121 tonnes per person | -16.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0124 tonnes per person | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0106 tonnes per person | -14.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0103 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0104 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0116 tonnes per person | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0117 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0114 tonnes per person | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0119 tonnes per person | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0113 tonnes per person | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0109 tonnes per person | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0096 tonnes per person | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0118 tonnes per person | +22.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0115 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0118 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0117 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0117 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0128 tonnes per person | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0127 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0127 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0138 tonnes per person | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0137 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0136 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0137 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.015 tonnes per person | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0162 tonnes per person | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 0.016 tonnes per person | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0156 tonnes per person | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0175 tonnes per person | +12.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.0175 tonnes per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0119 tonnes per person, 1.5× the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.0175 tonnes per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0093 tonnes per person, 1.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Egg production, per capita in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +34.5% | 0.0046 tonnes per person | 0.0063 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0063 tonnes per person | 0.0054 tonnes per person | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0073 tonnes per person | 0.0067 tonnes per person | 0.0076 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0067 tonnes per person | 0.0046 tonnes per person | 0.0091 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0119 tonnes per person | 0.0103 tonnes per person | 0.0145 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0112 tonnes per person | 0.0096 tonnes per person | 0.0119 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0128 tonnes per person | 0.0117 tonnes per person | 0.0138 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0161 tonnes per person | 0.015 tonnes per person | 0.0175 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More reference data data for Costa Rica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2987 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.406 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0907 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is egg production, per capita in Costa Rica?
- Egg production, per capita in Costa Rica was 0.0175 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest egg production, per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0175 tonnes per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest egg production, per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0046 tonnes per person in 1985.
- How does Costa Rica rank for egg production, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 21st out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is egg production, per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Egg production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Egg production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Egg production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Egg production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Egg production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.