Costa Rica vs Ethiopia: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 0.92 LSU/ha against 0.91 LSU/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 12th and Ethiopia ranks 10th of 190 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Ethiopia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5843 LSU/ha | 0.52 LSU/ha | 0.0643 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.468 LSU/ha | 0.635 LSU/ha | 0.167 LSU/ha | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.778 LSU/ha | 0.223 LSU/ha | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 0.7825 LSU/ha | 0.89 LSU/ha | 0.1075 LSU/ha | Ethiopia |
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 Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 0.92 LSU/ha against 0.91 LSU/ha in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and Ethiopia?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ethiopia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Ethiopia rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 12th and Ethiopia 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.