Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Meat, Total — Production, per square kilometre

Costa Rica
5.86 t per square kilometre
in 2023
New Zealand
5.58 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
42nd
New Zealand rank
43rd

Meat, Total — Production, per square kilometre over time

  • Costa Rica
  • New Zealand
0246196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 5.86 t per square kilometre against 5.58 t per square kilometre in New Zealand, a difference of 0.28 t per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 42nd and New Zealand ranks 43rd of 171 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and New Zealand in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 0.7928 t per square kilometre 3.21 t per square kilometre 2.42 t per square kilometre New Zealand
1970s 1.49 t per square kilometre 4.09 t per square kilometre 2.6 t per square kilometre New Zealand
1980s 2.22 t per square kilometre 4.69 t per square kilometre 2.46 t per square kilometre New Zealand
1990s 3.27 t per square kilometre 4.74 t per square kilometre 1.46 t per square kilometre New Zealand
2000s 4.1 t per square kilometre 5.31 t per square kilometre 1.21 t per square kilometre New Zealand
2010s 5.24 t per square kilometre 5.27 t per square kilometre 0.0234 t per square kilometre New Zealand
2020s 5.94 t per square kilometre 5.59 t per square kilometre 0.3526 t per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, total — production, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or New Zealand?
Costa Rica, at 5.86 t per square kilometre against 5.58 t per square kilometre in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in meat, total — production, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
0.28 t per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for meat, total — production, per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 42nd and New Zealand ranks 43rd of 171 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Meat, Total — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Meat, Total — Production, per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
172 places, 9,872 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Meat, Total — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.