Commodity Origins

What does Costa Rica produce and export?

Costa Rica ranks in the top ten producers of 1 commodity: pineapples (#1, 11% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of pineapples (#1, 59% of world export value in 2024), bananas (#5, 9.3% of world export value in 2024), yams (#5, 7.2% of world export value in 2024), cassava (#6, 6% of world export value in 2024), orange juice (#7, 2.5% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where costa rica is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of costa rica production in 2024. Darkest: Costa Rica 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: 100% (1)Nicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Costa Rica produce?

Commodities where Costa Rica is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Pineapples Fruit & vegetables111%3.1 million t2024FAOSTAT

What does Costa Rica export?

Top 7 Costa Rica commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 7 Costa Rica commodity exports in 2024: Pineapples 59%, Bananas 9.3%, Cassava 6%, Orange juice 2.5%, Palm kernel oil 3.2%, Plantains 2.1%, Yams 7.2%; rest of world 11%.PineapplesPineapples: 59%, $1.7 billion59%BananasBananas: 9.3%, $1.4 billion9.3%CassavaCassava: 6%, $208.5 million6%Orange juiceOrange juice: 2.5%, $46.9 million2.5%Palm kernel oilPalm kernel oil: 3.2%, $35 million3.2%PlantainsPlantains: 2.1%, $23.2 million2.1%YamsYams: 7.2%, $18.3 million7.2%Rest of worldRest of world: 11%, $011%
Costa Rica's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Costa Rica's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Costa Rica dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 7 Costa Rica commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Pineapples$1.7 billion59%
2Bananas$1.4 billion9.3%
3Cassava$208.5 million6%
4Orange juice$46.9 million2.5%
5Palm kernel oil$35 million3.2%
6Plantains$23.2 million2.1%
7Yams$18.3 million7.2%
Rest of world$011%

Costa Rica's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Costa Rica's own $4.2 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Pineapples alone is 39% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Costa Rica compares with other countries.

Costa Rica's tracked export mix by commodityPineapples: 39.0%; Bananas: 34.1%; Coffee: 10.1%; Other tracked commodities: 7.0%; Palm oil: 5.0%; Cassava: 4.9%.Pineapples: 39.0%Pineapples39.0%Bananas: 34.1%Bananas34.1%Coffee: 10.1%Coffee10.1%Other tracked commodities: 7.0%Other tracked co…7.0%Palm oil: 5.0%Palm oil5.0%Cassava: 4.9%Cassava4.9%
Commodities where Costa Rica is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Pineapples159%$1.7 billion2024
Bananas59.3%$1.4 billion2024
Yams57.2%$18.3 million2024
Cassava66%$208.5 million2024
Orange juice72.5%$46.9 million2024
Palm kernel oil93.2%$35 million2024
Plantains102.1%$23.2 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Costa Rica commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Costa Rica is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Costa Rica in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Costa Rica, computed from the same data as this page.

What Costa Rica uses

Costa Rica had about 5.1 million people and a food supply of 3,061 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Costa Rica, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Milk1.6 million tonnes0.1%173 (#49 of 142)78%29%
Corn1.1 million tonnes0.1%16 (#57 of 140)0.7%100%
Rice385 thousand tonnes0.1%72 (#31 of 141)19%89%
Bananas303 thousand tonnes0.2%5.9 (#93 of 140)836%4.6%
Soybeans284 thousand tonnes0.1%0.3 (#39 of 141)<0.1%100%
Pineapples270 thousand tonnes0.8%0.3 (#123 of 139)1,088%1.1%
Wheat257 thousand tonnes<0.1%46 (#98 of 143)<0.1%142%
Tomatoes257 thousand tonnes0.1%46 (#21 of 142)22%97%

FAO reports a negative domestic supply for Costa Rica's oranges (−1 thousand tonnes; production 199 thousand tonnes, imports 69 thousand tonnes, exports 268 thousand tonnes); cassava (−177 thousand tonnes; production 103 thousand tonnes, imports 16 thousand tonnes, exports 296 thousand tonnes), meaning exports exceed production plus imports in the year. These are not counted as use and are left out of the table above.

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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