Costa Rica vs Portugal: Horses — Share in total livestock

Costa Rica
2.92 %LSU
in 2023
Portugal
2.56 %LSU
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
43rd
Portugal rank
46th

Horses — Share in total livestock over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Portugal
0246196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2.92 %LSU against 2.56 %LSU in Portugal, a difference of 0.36 %LSU.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

Across all 62 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 43rd and Portugal ranks 46th of 164 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 5.37 %LSU 1.14 %LSU 4.22 %LSU Costa Rica
1970s 3.9 %LSU 0.918 %LSU 2.98 %LSU Costa Rica
1980s 3.17 %LSU 0.653 %LSU 2.52 %LSU Costa Rica
1990s 3.73 %LSU 1.2 %LSU 2.54 %LSU Costa Rica
2000s 4.81 %LSU 1.71 %LSU 3.1 %LSU Costa Rica
2010s 4.19 %LSU 2.17 %LSU 2.02 %LSU Costa Rica
2020s 3.5 %LSU 2.3 %LSU 1.2 %LSU Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher horses — share in total livestock, Costa Rica or Portugal?
Costa Rica, at 2.92 %LSU against 2.56 %LSU in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in horses — share in total livestock between Costa Rica and Portugal?
0.36 %LSU, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Portugal?
62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Portugal rank globally for horses — share in total livestock?
Costa Rica ranks 43rd and Portugal ranks 46th of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Horses — 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
Horses — 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
211 places, 11,867 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.