Costa Rica vs Japan: Sheep — Share in total livestock

Costa Rica
0.01 %LSU
in 2023
Japan
0.02 %LSU
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
177th
Japan rank
175th

Sheep — Share in total livestock over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Japan
00.511.5196119922023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.02 %LSU against 0.01 %LSU in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.01 %LSU.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.0 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 177th and Japan ranks 175th of 180 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0167 %LSU 0.5089 %LSU 0.4922 %LSU Japan
1970s 0.013 %LSU 0.019 %LSU 0.006 %LSU Japan
1980s 0.01 %LSU 0.023 %LSU 0.013 %LSU Japan
1990s 0.017 %LSU 0.022 %LSU 0.005 %LSU Japan
2000s 0.02 %LSU 0.01 %LSU 0.01 %LSU Costa Rica
2010s 0.02 %LSU 0.015 %LSU 0.005 %LSU Costa Rica
2020s 0.015 %LSU 0.02 %LSU 0.005 %LSU Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — share in total livestock, Costa Rica or Japan?
Japan, at 0.02 %LSU against 0.01 %LSU in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — share in total livestock between Costa Rica and Japan?
0.01 %LSU, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Japan?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Japan rank globally for sheep — share in total livestock?
Costa Rica ranks 177th and Japan ranks 175th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — 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
Sheep — 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
227 places, 12,936 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.