Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita was 0.171 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.171 kg per person
Change on year
down 37.2%
World rank
55th
of 102 countries
All-time high
1.52 kg per person
in 1975
All-time low
0.171 kg per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, 1961–2023

00.511.5196119922023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Costa Rica is 0.171 kg per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.2% on the previous year and down 73.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 1.52 kg per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.171 kg per person, in 2023.

That places Costa Rica 55th out of 102 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita in Costa Rica, 1961 to 2023.
Year kg per person Change
1961 1.01 kg per person
1962 1.04 kg per person +3.7%
1963 1.02 kg per person -2.2%
1964 1.07 kg per person +4.8%
1965 1.08 kg per person +0.5%
1966 1.07 kg per person -0.3%
1967 1.08 kg per person +0.6%
1968 1.16 kg per person +7.3%
1969 0.9654 kg per person -16.7%
1970 0.786 kg per person -18.6%
1971 0.7351 kg per person -6.5%
1972 0.6702 kg per person -8.8%
1973 1.03 kg per person +54.3%
1974 1.23 kg per person +18.6%
1975 1.52 kg per person +23.9%
1976 1.25 kg per person -17.5%
1977 1.21 kg per person -3.6%
1978 1.32 kg per person +8.9%
1979 1.39 kg per person +5.5%
1980 1.23 kg per person -11.6%
1981 1.32 kg per person +7.9%
1982 1.03 kg per person -22.0%
1983 1.28 kg per person +23.6%
1984 1.16 kg per person -8.7%
1985 1.15 kg per person -1.3%
1986 0.917 kg per person -20.2%
1987 0.7468 kg per person -18.6%
1988 0.9116 kg per person +22.1%
1989 0.6709 kg per person -26.4%
1990 0.8509 kg per person +26.8%
1991 0.8044 kg per person -5.5%
1992 0.7841 kg per person -2.5%
1993 0.6348 kg per person -19.0%
1994 0.7089 kg per person +11.7%
1995 0.6236 kg per person -12.0%
1996 0.8099 kg per person +29.9%
1997 0.8137 kg per person +0.5%
1998 0.7721 kg per person -5.1%
1999 0.8498 kg per person +10.1%
2000 0.8556 kg per person +0.7%
2001 0.69 kg per person -19.3%
2002 0.585 kg per person -15.2%
2003 0.593 kg per person +1.4%
2004 0.6461 kg per person +9.0%
2005 0.5807 kg per person -10.1%
2006 0.5642 kg per person -2.8%
2007 0.5238 kg per person -7.2%
2008 0.6188 kg per person +18.1%
2009 0.7157 kg per person +15.7%
2010 0.7904 kg per person +10.4%
2011 0.7952 kg per person +0.6%
2012 0.5875 kg per person -26.1%
2013 0.6377 kg per person +8.5%
2014 0.5482 kg per person -14.0%
2015 0.5085 kg per person -7.2%
2016 0.5144 kg per person +1.2%
2017 0.3899 kg per person -24.2%
2018 0.4296 kg per person +10.2%
2019 0.3761 kg per person -12.5%
2020 0.3537 kg per person -6.0%
2021 0.3556 kg per person +0.5%
2022 0.2723 kg per person -23.4%
2023 0.171 kg per person -37.2%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 0.171 kg per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1406 kg per person, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 0.171 kg per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3753 kg per person, 46% of the median. (24 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.06 kg per person 0.9654 kg per person 1.16 kg per person 9
1970s 1.11 kg per person 0.6702 kg per person 1.52 kg per person 10
1980s 1.04 kg per person 0.6709 kg per person 1.32 kg per person 10
1990s 0.7652 kg per person 0.6236 kg per person 0.8509 kg per person 10
2000s 0.6373 kg per person 0.5238 kg per person 0.8556 kg per person 10
2010s 0.5578 kg per person 0.3761 kg per person 0.7952 kg per person 10
2020s 0.2881 kg per person 0.171 kg per person 0.3556 kg per person 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 52 Portugal 0.1814 kg per person compare
  2. 53 Haiti 0.1764 kg per person compare
  3. 54 Afghanistan 0.171 kg per person compare
  4. 56 Cuba 0.1684 kg per person compare
  5. 57 Turkmenistan 0.1418 kg per person compare
  6. 58 Tajikistan 0.1253 kg per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Costa Rica?
Rice — crop residues (n content), per capita in Costa Rica was 0.171 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest rice — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 1.52 kg per person in 1975.
What is the lowest rice — crop residues (n content), per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.171 kg per person in 2023.
How does Costa Rica rank for rice — crop residues (n content), per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 55th out of 102 countries with data for 2023.
Is rice — crop residues (n content), per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 73.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Rice — Crop residues (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Rice — Crop residues (N content), per capita
Unit
kg per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
104 places, 6,018 data points, 1961–2023
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Rice — Crop residues (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.