Cattle meat consumption per capita fell 8.79% to 11.4 kg in Costa Rica in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 17.9 kg in 2010 and an all time low of 11.4 kg in 2020. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Guatemala amounted to 11.7 kg, 6.03 kg in Honduras, 2.16 kg in Nicaragua and 14.5 kg in Panama in 2020.
Costa Rica has been ranked 60th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 24 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Cattle Meat Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belize | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.42 | 4.06 | 3.41 | 3.26 | 4.03 | ||||||
| Colombia | kg | 17.2 | 17.3 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.8 | ||||||
| El Salvador | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.62 | 5.64 | 5.82 | 6.31 | 6.79 | ||||||
| Guatemala | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.1 | ||||||
| Honduras | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.78 | 7.11 | 7.19 | 6.86 | 6.58 | ||||||
| Mexico | kg | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.63 | 3.20 | 1.51 | 3.59 | 1.67 | ||||||
| Panama | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.0 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 16.6 | 16.2 | ||||||
| USA | kg | 37.4 | 35.2 | 36.1 | 37.1 | 37.2 |
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