Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Major livestock types — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Costa Rica
- New Zealand
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.19 LSU/ha against 1.17 LSU/ha in New Zealand, a difference of 0.02 LSU/ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 40th and New Zealand ranks 41st of 194 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6156 LSU/ha | 0.9256 LSU/ha | 0.31 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.666 LSU/ha | 1.01 LSU/ha | 0.345 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.69 LSU/ha | 0.98 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.751 LSU/ha | 0.991 LSU/ha | 0.24 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.669 LSU/ha | 1.09 LSU/ha | 0.419 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.795 LSU/ha | 1.14 LSU/ha | 0.34 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 1.05 LSU/ha | 1.18 LSU/ha | 0.1325 LSU/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area, Costa Rica or New Zealand?
- Costa Rica, at 1.19 LSU/ha against 1.17 LSU/ha in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 0.02 LSU/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for major livestock types — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th and New Zealand ranks 41st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — 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.