Central America vs Costa Rica: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Central America
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.32 LSU/ha in Central America, a difference of 0.59 LSU/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.8 times Central America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 9th and Costa Rica ranks 12th of 31 groups.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.5356 LSU/ha | 0.3656 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.213 LSU/ha | 0.59 LSU/ha | 0.377 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.252 LSU/ha | 0.616 LSU/ha | 0.364 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.243 LSU/ha | 0.617 LSU/ha | 0.374 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.247 LSU/ha | 0.468 LSU/ha | 0.221 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.291 LSU/ha | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.264 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3125 LSU/ha | 0.7825 LSU/ha | 0.47 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area, Central America or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.32 LSU/ha in Central America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Central America and Costa Rica?
- 0.59 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Costa Rica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Central America and Costa Rica rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Central America ranks 9th and Costa Rica ranks 12th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — 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.