Costa Rica vs South Africa: Chickens — Share in total livestock
Chickens — Share in total livestock over time
- Costa Rica
- South Africa
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 13.3 %LSU against 12.19 %LSU in South Africa, a difference of 1.11 %LSU.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 91st and South Africa ranks 94th of 193 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3 %LSU | 1.52 %LSU | 1.47 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 2.81 %LSU | 2.06 %LSU | 0.759 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 4.13 %LSU | 2.67 %LSU | 1.46 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 8.63 %LSU | 6.95 %LSU | 1.68 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 16.89 %LSU | 9.71 %LSU | 7.17 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 17.21 %LSU | 11.94 %LSU | 5.27 %LSU | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 15.05 %LSU | 12.31 %LSU | 2.74 %LSU | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher chickens — share in total livestock, Costa Rica or South Africa?
- Costa Rica, at 13.3 %LSU against 12.19 %LSU in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in chickens — share in total livestock between Costa Rica and South Africa?
- 1.11 %LSU, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and South Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and South Africa rank globally for chickens — share in total livestock?
- Costa Rica ranks 91st and South Africa ranks 94th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Chickens — 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.