Sugar consumption per capita fell 11.0% to 38.6 kg in Costa Rica in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, sugar consumption per capita in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 54.9 kg in 1986 and an all time low of 27.2 kg in 1961. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, sugar consumption per capita in Guatemala amounted to 52.4 kg, 33.0 kg in Honduras, 34.3 kg in Nicaragua and 20.2 kg in Panama in 2021.
Costa Rica has been ranked 19th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of sugar consumption per capita, 15 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Sugar Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | kg | 43.1 | 42.8 | 43.9 | 40.7 | 38.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | kg | 32.8 | 33.9 | 33.5 | 31.2 | 31.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kg | 48.6 | 48.2 | 47.5 | 47.4 | 45.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kg | 39.3 | 39.4 | 38.6 | 42.1 | 33.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kg | 40.2 | 36.4 | 42.9 | 45.1 | 44.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kg | 41.0 | 40.7 | 40.4 | 40.3 | 38.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 38.9 | 39.5 | 38.6 | 36.9 | 35.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kg | 39.1 | 39.5 | 40.3 | 39.2 | 37.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kg | 31.7 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 22.2 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 32.6 | 32.6 | 32.6 | 32.6 | 32.8 |
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