What is major livestock types — stocks in Costa Rica?

Major livestock types — stocks in Costa Rica was 2.01 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?

The highest recorded value was 2.01 million LSU in 2023.

What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?

The lowest recorded value was 776,804 LSU in 1961.

How does Costa Rica rank for major livestock types — stocks?

Costa Rica ranks 106th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.

Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?

Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. 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 Major livestock types — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Major livestock types — Stocks in Costa Rica

Name: Major livestock types — Stocks in Costa Rica
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Costa Rica: Major livestock types — Stocks was 2.01 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

2.01 million LSU

Change on year

up 16.7%

World rank

106th

of 211 countries

All-time high

2.01 million LSU

in 2023

All-time low

776,804 LSU

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Major livestock types — Stocks in Costa Rica, 1961–2023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 2.01 million LSU for major livestock types — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of up 16.7% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, major livestock types — stocks in Costa Rica peaked at 2.01 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 776,804 LSU, in 1961.

That places Costa Rica 106th out of 211 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	963,484 LSU	776,804 LSU	1.14 million LSU	9
1970s	1.41 million LSU	1.20 million LSU	1.62 million LSU	10
1980s	1.79 million LSU	1.70 million LSU	1.89 million LSU	10
1990s	1.55 million LSU	1.31 million LSU	1.77 million LSU	10
2000s	1.22 million LSU	1.11 million LSU	1.32 million LSU	10
2010s	1.40 million LSU	1.31 million LSU	1.58 million LSU	10
2020s	1.78 million LSU	1.43 million LSU	2.01 million LSU	4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

103 Portugal 2.18 million LSU compare
104 Kyrgyzstan 2.13 million LSU compare
105 Mozambique 2.09 million LSU compare
107 Switzerland 1.93 million LSU compare
108 Serbia and Montenegro 1.90 million LSU compare
109 Haiti 1.90 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 246 places →

More environment data for Costa Rica

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 29.32 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 159.6 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.67 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 65.75 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,045 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 23.74 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 377.21 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 10.52 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 167.13 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is major livestock types — stocks in Costa Rica?: Major livestock types — stocks in Costa Rica was 2.01 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?: The highest recorded value was 2.01 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest major livestock types — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?: The lowest recorded value was 776,804 LSU in 1961.
How does Costa Rica rank for major livestock types — stocks?: Costa Rica ranks 106th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
Is major livestock types — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?: Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. 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 Major livestock types — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Major livestock types — Stocks
Unit: LSU
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 246 places, 14,138 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.