Swine / pigs — Stocks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 132,173 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Costa Rica, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica stood at 132,173 LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.8% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica peaked at 132,173 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 34,250 LSU, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 80th out of 172 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.
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,250 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 35,250 LSU | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 36,330 LSU | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 37,500 LSU | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 38,750 LSU | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 40,000 LSU | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 41,250 LSU | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 42,500 LSU | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 49,442 LSU | +16.3% |
| 1970 | 49,500 LSU | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 52,500 LSU | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 56,250 LSU | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 54,000 LSU | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 55,000 LSU | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 56,250 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 53,750 LSU | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 53,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 53,750 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 51,750 LSU | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 55,750 LSU | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 60,000 LSU | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 60,750 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 59,000 LSU | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 55,750 LSU | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 55,000 LSU | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 45,750 LSU | -16.8% |
| 1987 | 40,000 LSU | -12.6% |
| 1988 | 59,250 LSU | +48.1% |
| 1989 | 62,500 LSU | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 67,500 LSU | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 72,500 LSU | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 77,500 LSU | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 85,000 LSU | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 87,500 LSU | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 87,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 75,000 LSU | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 78,750 LSU | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 90,000 LSU | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 65,000 LSU | -27.8% |
| 2000 | 68,750 LSU | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 75,000 LSU | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 77,500 LSU | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 78,750 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 84,250 LSU | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 87,250 LSU | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 90,500 LSU | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 106,500 LSU | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 111,750 LSU | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 110,000 LSU | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 109,500 LSU | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 108,000 LSU | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 113,250 LSU | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 112,000 LSU | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 118,250 LSU | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 120,541 LSU | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 110,016 LSU | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 103,146 LSU | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 92,642 LSU | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 110,522 LSU | +19.3% |
| 2020 | 101,403 LSU | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 119,000 LSU | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 106,737 LSU | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 132,173 LSU | +23.8% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 132,173 LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 128,222 LSU, 1.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 132,173 LSU is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 83,346 LSU, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine / pigs — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +48.1% | 40,000 LSU | 59,250 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,475 LSU | 34,250 LSU | 49,442 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 53,650 LSU | 49,500 LSU | 56,250 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,375 LSU | 40,000 LSU | 62,500 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,625 LSU | 65,000 LSU | 90,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 89,025 LSU | 68,750 LSU | 111,750 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,787 LSU | 92,642 LSU | 120,541 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 114,828 LSU | 101,403 LSU | 132,173 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 swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in Costa Rica was 132,173 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 132,173 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,250 LSU in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Costa Rica ranks 80th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 Swine / pigs — 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.