Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Goats — Stocks

Costa Rica
7,759 LSU
in 2023
Switzerland
8,126 LSU
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
119th
Switzerland rank
118th

Goats — Stocks over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Switzerland
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k196119922023

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 8,126 LSU against 7,759 LSU in Costa Rica, a difference of 367 LSU.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 119th and Switzerland ranks 118th of 182 countries.

Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 144.56 LSU 8,017 LSU 7,873 LSU Switzerland
1970s 130 LSU 7,332 LSU 7,202 LSU Switzerland
1980s 154.5 LSU 7,844 LSU 7,690 LSU Switzerland
1990s 4,464 LSU 6,352 LSU 1,888 LSU Switzerland
2000s 6,650 LSU 7,733 LSU 1,083 LSU Switzerland
2010s 7,630 LSU 8,258 LSU 628.3 LSU Switzerland
2020s 7,326 LSU 8,129 LSU 802.95 LSU Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goats — stocks, Costa Rica or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 8,126 LSU against 7,759 LSU in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in goats — stocks between Costa Rica and Switzerland?
367 LSU, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Switzerland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Switzerland rank globally for goats — stocks?
Costa Rica ranks 119th and Switzerland ranks 118th of 182 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Goats — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Goats — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 13,227 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.