Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.16 LSU/ha against 0.16 LSU/ha in El Salvador, a difference of 0 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 46th and El Salvador ranks 46th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.0122 LSU/ha | 0.0078 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.019 LSU/ha | 0.027 LSU/ha | 0.008 LSU/ha | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.029 LSU/ha | 0.038 LSU/ha | 0.009 LSU/ha | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.063 LSU/ha | 0.055 LSU/ha | 0.008 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.113 LSU/ha | 0.098 LSU/ha | 0.015 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.137 LSU/ha | 0.135 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.155 LSU/ha | 0.16 LSU/ha | 0.005 LSU/ha | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 0.16 LSU/ha against 0.16 LSU/ha in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 46th and El Salvador ranks 46th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Chickens — 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.