Costa Rica vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Cattle — Share in total livestock
Cattle — Share in total livestock over time
- Costa Rica
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 76.47 %LSU against 56.46 %LSU in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 20.01 %LSU.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.85 %LSU | 65.98 %LSU | 20.87 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 88.97 %LSU | 65.47 %LSU | 23.5 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 89.22 %LSU | 63.43 %LSU | 25.79 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 81.75 %LSU | 61.89 %LSU | 19.86 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 69.86 %LSU | 59.78 %LSU | 10.07 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 69.7 %LSU | 58.38 %LSU | 11.32 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 74.3 %LSU | 56.7 %LSU | 17.6 %LSU | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Costa Rica or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Costa Rica, at 76.47 %LSU against 56.46 %LSU in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 20.01 %LSU, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
- Costa Rica ranks 13th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Share in total livestock. 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.