Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- New Zealand
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.88 LSU/ha in New Zealand, a difference of 0.03 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 12th and New Zealand ranks 13th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and New Zealand in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5356 LSU/ha | 0.4911 LSU/ha | 0.0444 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.59 LSU/ha | 0.569 LSU/ha | 0.021 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.616 LSU/ha | 0.495 LSU/ha | 0.121 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.617 LSU/ha | 0.594 LSU/ha | 0.023 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.468 LSU/ha | 0.734 LSU/ha | 0.266 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.837 LSU/ha | 0.282 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.7825 LSU/ha | 0.8925 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
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 New Zealand?
- Costa Rica, at 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.88 LSU/ha in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 0.03 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 12th and New Zealand ranks 13th 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.