Costa Rica vs Sweden: Cattle — Share in total livestock

Costa Rica
76.47 %LSU
in 2023
Sweden
77.12 %LSU
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
13th
Sweden rank
10th

Cattle — Share in total livestock over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Sweden
020406080100196119922023

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 77.12 %LSU against 76.47 %LSU in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.65 %LSU.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 10th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 86.85 %LSU 74.68 %LSU 12.17 %LSU Costa Rica
1970s 88.97 %LSU 67.5 %LSU 21.47 %LSU Costa Rica
1980s 89.22 %LSU 66.28 %LSU 22.94 %LSU Costa Rica
1990s 81.75 %LSU 67.08 %LSU 14.68 %LSU Costa Rica
2000s 69.86 %LSU 65.81 %LSU 4.05 %LSU Costa Rica
2010s 69.7 %LSU 63.88 %LSU 5.82 %LSU Costa Rica
2020s 74.3 %LSU 76.67 %LSU 2.38 %LSU Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — share in total livestock, Costa Rica or Sweden?
Sweden, at 77.12 %LSU against 76.47 %LSU in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — share in total livestock between Costa Rica and Sweden?
0.65 %LSU, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sweden?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Sweden rank globally for cattle — share in total livestock?
Costa Rica ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 10th 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

Indicator
Cattle — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.