Costa Rica vs Iraq: Cattle — Stocks

Costa Rica
1.54 million LSU
in 2023
Iraq
1.50 million LSU
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
85th
Iraq rank
87th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Iraq
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.54 million LSU against 1.50 million LSU in Iraq, a difference of 34,390 LSU.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 85th and Iraq ranks 87th of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Iraq in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Iraq Difference Ahead
1960s 837,455 LSU 1.10 million LSU 259,595 LSU Iraq
1970s 1.25 million LSU 1.29 million LSU 34,495 LSU Iraq
1980s 1.60 million LSU 1.15 million LSU 447,459 LSU Costa Rica
1990s 1.28 million LSU 895,983 LSU 380,642 LSU Costa Rica
2000s 849,436 LSU 1.07 million LSU 221,844 LSU Iraq
2010s 979,498 LSU 1.63 million LSU 647,080 LSU Iraq
2020s 1.33 million LSU 1.46 million LSU 129,124 LSU Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Costa Rica or Iraq?
Costa Rica, at 1.54 million LSU against 1.50 million LSU in Iraq as of 2023.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Costa Rica and Iraq?
34,390 LSU, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iraq?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Iraq rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Costa Rica ranks 85th and Iraq ranks 87th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cattle — Stocks
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.