Costa Rica vs South Africa: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per unit of GDP

Costa Rica
0.0013 kg per US$ of GDP
in 2023
South Africa
0.0013 kg per US$ of GDP
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
70th
South Africa rank
69th

Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per unit of GDP over time

  • Costa Rica
  • South Africa
00.020.040.060.080.1196119922023

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.0013 kg per US$ of GDP against 0.0013 kg per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 kg per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 70th and South Africa ranks 69th of 166 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.086 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0388 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0472 kg per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
1970s 0.0438 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0146 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0292 kg per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
1980s 0.0268 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0059 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0209 kg per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
1990s 0.009 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0036 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0054 kg per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2000s 0.0033 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0026 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0007 kg per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2010s 0.0015 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0014 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2020s 0.0014 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0013 kg per US$ of GDP 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per unit of gdp, Costa Rica or South Africa?
South Africa, at 0.0013 kg per US$ of GDP against 0.0013 kg per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per unit of gdp between Costa Rica and South Africa?
0 kg per US$ of GDP, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and South Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and South Africa rank globally for cattle — amount excreted in manure (n content), per unit of gdp?
Costa Rica ranks 70th and South Africa ranks 69th of 166 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs South Africa: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 12 October 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/cattle-amount-excreted-in-manure-n-content-per-unit-of-gdp/costa-rica/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/cattle-amount-excreted-in-manure-n-content-per-unit-of-gdp/costa-rica/south-africa/">Costa Rica vs South Africa: Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per unit of GDP
Unit
kg per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
168 places, 9,040 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Cattle — Amount excreted in manure (N content) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.