Major livestock types — Stocks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Major livestock types — Stocks was 2.01 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
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 98th out of 195 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.
Major livestock types — Stocks in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 776,804 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 818,995 LSU | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 865,526 LSU | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 915,854 LSU | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 971,720 LSU | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 1.03 million LSU | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 1.06 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 1.09 million LSU | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 1.14 million LSU | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 1.20 million LSU | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 1.26 million LSU | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 1.32 million LSU | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 1.39 million LSU | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 1.37 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 1.41 million LSU | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 1.44 million LSU | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 1.49 million LSU | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 1.55 million LSU | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 1.62 million LSU | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 1.70 million LSU | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 1.77 million LSU | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 1.77 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 1.85 million LSU | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 1.89 million LSU | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 1.81 million LSU | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 1.80 million LSU | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1.79 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 1.76 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.75 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 1.77 million LSU | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 1.77 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1.75 million LSU | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 1.76 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.60 million LSU | -8.7% |
| 1995 | 1.44 million LSU | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 1.40 million LSU | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.36 million LSU | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 1.38 million LSU | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1.31 million LSU | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 1.26 million LSU | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 1.22 million LSU | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1.18 million LSU | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 1.15 million LSU | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 1.11 million LSU | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 1.16 million LSU | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 1.17 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.27 million LSU | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 1.32 million LSU | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 1.32 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.37 million LSU | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1.36 million LSU | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.34 million LSU | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1.33 million LSU | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.31 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.35 million LSU | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.41 million LSU | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 1.46 million LSU | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 1.53 million LSU | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 1.58 million LSU | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 1.43 million LSU | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 1.95 million LSU | +36.4% |
| 2022 | 1.72 million LSU | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 2.01 million LSU | +16.7% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 2.01 million LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 927,169 LSU, 2.2× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 2.01 million LSU is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.71 million LSU, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Major livestock types — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +36.4% | 1.43 million LSU | 1.95 million LSU |
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
- 95 Portugal 2.18 million LSU compare
- 96 Kyrgyzstan 2.13 million LSU compare
- 97 Mozambique 2.09 million LSU compare
- 99 Switzerland 1.93 million LSU compare
- 100 Serbia and Montenegro 1.90 million LSU compare
- 101 Haiti 1.90 million LSU compare
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 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 98th out of 195 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
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.