Costa Rica vs Puerto Rico: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.8 LSU/ha in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.11 LSU/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 12th and Puerto Rico ranks 14th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Puerto Rico in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5356 LSU/ha | 0.5 LSU/ha | 0.0356 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.59 LSU/ha | 0.65 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 0.616 LSU/ha | 0.718 LSU/ha | 0.102 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.617 LSU/ha | 0.795 LSU/ha | 0.178 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 0.468 LSU/ha | 1.06 LSU/ha | 0.595 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.555 LSU/ha | 0.828 LSU/ha | 0.273 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.7825 LSU/ha | 0.8 LSU/ha | 0.0175 LSU/ha | Puerto Rico |
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 Puerto Rico?
- Costa Rica, at 0.91 LSU/ha against 0.8 LSU/ha in Puerto Rico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and Puerto Rico?
- 0.11 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Puerto Rico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Puerto Rico rank globally for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 12th and Puerto Rico 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.