Costa Rica vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.24 LSU/ha in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), a difference of 0.67 LSU/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.8 times Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 14th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th of 190 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5356 LSU/ha | 0.1044 LSU/ha | 0.4311 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.59 LSU/ha | 0.116 LSU/ha | 0.474 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.616 LSU/ha | 0.129 LSU/ha | 0.487 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.617 LSU/ha | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.472 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.468 LSU/ha | 0.173 LSU/ha | 0.295 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.209 LSU/ha | 0.346 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.7825 LSU/ha | 0.2325 LSU/ha | 0.55 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area, Costa Rica or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Costa Rica, at 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.24 LSU/ha in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 0.67 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 14th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 13th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.