Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Costa Rica
- Switzerland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.01 million LSU against 1.93 million LSU in Switzerland, a difference of 79,590 LSU.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 98th and Switzerland ranks 99th of 195 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 | 963,484 LSU | 2.13 million LSU | 1.17 million LSU | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.41 million LSU | 2.39 million LSU | 981,618 LSU | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 1.79 million LSU | 2.37 million LSU | 578,701 LSU | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 1.55 million LSU | 2.10 million LSU | 548,003 LSU | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1.22 million LSU | 1.98 million LSU | 767,756 LSU | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 1.40 million LSU | 1.97 million LSU | 568,870 LSU | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 1.78 million LSU | 1.93 million LSU | 145,830 LSU | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Costa Rica or Switzerland?
- Costa Rica, at 2.01 million LSU against 1.93 million LSU in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Costa Rica and Switzerland?
- 79,590 LSU, with Costa Rica 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 major livestock types — stocks?
- Costa Rica ranks 98th and Switzerland ranks 99th of 195 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — Stocks. 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.