Poultry meat production rose 7.50% to 148 kt in Costa Rica in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, poultry meat production in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 148 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 1.57 kt in 1961. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, poultry meat production in Guatemala amounted to 361 kt, 228 kt in Honduras, 143 kt in Nicaragua and 230 kt in Panama in 2021.
Costa Rica has been ranked 63rd within the group of 161 countries we follow in terms of poultry meat production, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Poultry Meat Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belize | kt | 19.1 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 20.7 | 18.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | kt | 1,479 | 1,564 | 1,630 | 1,693 | 1,620 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kt | 128 | 133 | 136 | 145 | 138 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 136 | 136 | 144 | 147 | 132 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 285 | 288 | 323 | 342 | 428 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 187 | 193 | 206 | 216 | 199 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 3,095 | 3,228 | 3,355 | 3,493 | 3,596 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | 137 | 143 | 140 | 140 | 141 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kt | 192 | 198 | 209 | 209 | 183 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 21,483 | 21,914 | 22,298 | 22,900 | 21,471 |
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