Horses — Stocks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Horses — Stocks was 58,784 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Horses — Stocks in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, horses — stocks in Costa Rica stood at 58,784 LSU.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in Costa Rica peaked at 63,015 LSU in 2016 and was at its lowest, 33,471 LSU, in 2014.
Costa Rica ranks 55th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Horses — Stocks in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,500 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 49,500 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 50,072 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 50,500 LSU | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 50,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 51,500 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 52,500 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 53,500 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 53,341 LSU | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 54,300 LSU | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 55,300 LSU | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 56,300 LSU | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 50,740 LSU | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 55,000 LSU | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 52,500 LSU | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 53,500 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 54,500 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 55,500 LSU | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 56,000 LSU | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 56,250 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 56,500 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 56,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 56,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 56,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 56,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 57,000 LSU | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 57,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 57,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 57,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 57,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 57,050 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 57,100 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 57,150 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 57,200 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 57,250 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 57,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 57,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 57,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 57,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 57,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 57,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 57,250 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 57,500 LSU | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 57,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 57,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 57,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 60,000 LSU | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 61,000 LSU | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 61,500 LSU | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 62,000 LSU | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 62,500 LSU | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 62,900 LSU | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 63,000 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 33,471 LSU | -46.9% |
| 2015 | 63,008 LSU | +88.2% |
| 2016 | 63,015 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 59,766 LSU | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 58,650 LSU | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 58,489 LSU | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 58,623 LSU | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 58,709 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 58,746 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 58,784 LSU | +0.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 58,784 LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,702 LSU, 3.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 58,784 LSU is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 66,794 LSU, 88% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Stocks in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +88.2% | 33,471 LSU | 63,008 LSU |
| 2014 | -46.9% | 63,000 LSU | 33,471 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,102 LSU | 48,500 LSU | 53,500 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,364 LSU | 50,740 LSU | 56,300 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,675 LSU | 56,250 LSU | 57,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,175 LSU | 57,000 LSU | 57,250 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,425 LSU | 57,250 LSU | 61,500 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,680 LSU | 33,471 LSU | 63,015 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,716 LSU | 58,623 LSU | 58,784 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — stocks in Costa Rica?
- Horses — stocks in Costa Rica was 58,784 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 63,015 LSU in 2016.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,471 LSU in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for horses — stocks?
- Costa Rica ranks 55th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horses — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.