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Costa Rica Food Miles

Food Tracked From Costa Rica

Food has been tracked from Costa Rica 109,584 times, covering 577,502,776 miles in total.

That works out to an average of 5,270 miles per item - 29% further than the average distance across everything tracked by the calculator.

Based on average UK government emissions figures, that produces roughly 1581 kg CO2 by plane, 1444 kg CO2 by car, or 295 kg CO2 by train.

According to our Food Miles tool the top 20 items tracked from Costa Rica are listed below.

Food Tracked # of checks
Banana 42,360
Pineapple 36,457
Hamburger 2,213
Coffee 1,809
Melon 1,222
Mango 1,219
Apple 853
Watermelon 788
Cantaloupe 554
Chocolate 469
Oranges 369
Rice 341
Ananas 299
Dragon Fruit 269
Coconut 245
Strawberries 239
Beans 238
Grapes 225
Cucumber 221
Tomatoes 190

Wondering how far this really gets you, and what it means for your own choices? See what the current research says about food miles, or find out whether food miles still matter in 2026.

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