Costa Rica vs Northern America: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- Northern America
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in Northern America, a difference of 0.7 LSU/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 4.3 times Northern America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 12th and Northern America ranks 14th 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 | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5356 LSU/ha | 0.2333 LSU/ha | 0.3022 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.59 LSU/ha | 0.27 LSU/ha | 0.32 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.616 LSU/ha | 0.245 LSU/ha | 0.371 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.617 LSU/ha | 0.232 LSU/ha | 0.385 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.468 LSU/ha | 0.231 LSU/ha | 0.237 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.215 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.7825 LSU/ha | 0.2175 LSU/ha | 0.565 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 Northern America?
- Costa Rica, at 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.21 LSU/ha in Northern America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and Northern America?
- 0.7 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Northern America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Northern America rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 12th and Northern America ranks 14th 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.