Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Costa Rica in 2024 — 32.33%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 131. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 49.71 pp.
1965–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.33 | −0.47 pp |
| 2023 | 32.79 | −2.58 pp |
| 2022 | 35.37 | −1.15 pp |
| 2021 | 36.53 | −3.28 pp |
| 2020 | 39.8 | +0.68 pp |
| 2019 | 39.12 | −1.97 pp |
| 2018 | 41.09 | −2.17 pp |
| 2017 | 43.27 | −1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 44.37 | +1.84 pp |
| 2015 | 42.53 | +5.52 pp |
| 2014 | 37.01 | +2.65 pp |
| 2013 | 34.36 | +0.45 pp |
| 2012 | 33.9 | −1.16 pp |
| 2011 | 35.06 | +0.44 pp |
| 2010 | 34.62 | +9.94 pp |
| 2009 | 24.68 | −7.18 pp |
| 2008 | 31.86 | +1.87 pp |
| 2007 | 30 | +0.41 pp |
| 2006 | 29.59 | −0.09 pp |
| 2005 | 29.68 | −2.67 pp |
| 2004 | 32.35 | +2.25 pp |
| 2003 | 30.1 | −1.2 pp |
| 2002 | 31.3 | −1.17 pp |
| 2001 | 32.47 | +2.44 pp |
| 2000 | 30.03 | +1.44 pp |
| 1999 | 28.59 | −12.84 pp |
| 1998 | 41.43 | −8.93 pp |
| 1997 | 50.36 | −15.24 pp |
| 1996 | 65.6 | +2.17 pp |
| 1995 | 63.43 | +2.24 pp |
| 1994 | 61.19 | — |
| 1987 | 68.93 | −4.76 pp |
| 1986 | 73.69 | +2.04 pp |
| 1985 | 71.65 | −0.37 pp |
| 1984 | 72.01 | +2.73 pp |
| 1983 | 69.28 | −0.03 pp |
| 1982 | 69.31 | +3.46 pp |
| 1981 | 65.85 | +2.15 pp |
| 1980 | 63.7 | −10.56 pp |
| 1979 | 74.26 | +5.05 pp |
| 1978 | 69.21 | −5.19 pp |
| 1977 | 74.41 | +4.03 pp |
| 1976 | 70.37 | −2.68 pp |
| 1975 | 73.06 | +0.88 pp |
| 1974 | 72.18 | −3.6 pp |
| 1973 | 75.78 | −2.35 pp |
| 1972 | 78.13 | +2.33 pp |
| 1971 | 75.8 | −3.23 pp |
| 1970 | 79.03 | −0.37 pp |
| 1969 | 79.4 | +1.35 pp |
| 1968 | 78.05 | −1.39 pp |
| 1967 | 79.44 | +0.58 pp |
| 1966 | 78.86 | −3.17 pp |
| 1965 | 82.03 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
