Costa Rica vs Eastern Africa: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.29 LSU/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 0.62 LSU/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.1 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 12th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th 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 | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5356 LSU/ha | 0.1322 LSU/ha | 0.4033 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.59 LSU/ha | 0.145 LSU/ha | 0.445 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.616 LSU/ha | 0.156 LSU/ha | 0.46 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.617 LSU/ha | 0.166 LSU/ha | 0.451 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.468 LSU/ha | 0.188 LSU/ha | 0.28 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.241 LSU/ha | 0.314 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.7825 LSU/ha | 0.2775 LSU/ha | 0.505 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, Costa Rica or Eastern Africa?
- Costa Rica, at 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.29 LSU/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and Eastern Africa?
- 0.62 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Eastern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Eastern Africa rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 12th and Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 190 countries.
- 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.