Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Cattle — Stocks

Costa Rica
1.58 million An
in 2024
Switzerland
1.53 million An
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
92nd
Switzerland rank
94th

Cattle — Stocks over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Switzerland
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.58 million An against 1.53 million An in Switzerland, a difference of 42,670 An.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 92nd and Switzerland ranks 94th of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 1.20 million An 1.79 million An 590,889 An Switzerland
1970s 1.79 million An 1.95 million An 161,089 An Switzerland
1980s 2.28 million An 1.92 million An 361,531 An Costa Rica
1990s 1.82 million An 1.74 million An 85,246 An Costa Rica
2000s 1.21 million An 1.58 million An 366,811 An Switzerland
2010s 1.40 million An 1.56 million An 158,321 An Switzerland
2020s 1.64 million An 1.52 million An 115,570 An Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cattle — stocks, Costa Rica or Switzerland?
Costa Rica, at 1.58 million An against 1.53 million An in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Costa Rica and Switzerland?
42,670 An, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Switzerland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Switzerland rank globally for cattle — stocks?
Costa Rica ranks 92nd and Switzerland ranks 94th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cattle — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 13,828 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.