Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sheep and Goats — Stocks was 80,850 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 80,850 An for sheep and goats — stocks in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — stocks in Costa Rica peaked at 82,860 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,560 An, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 145th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goats — Stocks in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,560 An | — |
| 1962 | 2,600 An | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 2,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,900 An | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 3,100 An | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 3,200 An | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 3,280 An | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 3,280 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,290 An | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 3,250 An | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 3,280 An | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 3,300 An | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 3,330 An | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 3,350 An | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 3,380 An | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 3,400 An | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 3,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,400 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 An | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 3,650 An | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 3,800 An | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 4,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 4,100 An | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,100 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 52,500 An | +1180.5% |
| 1992 | 47,096 An | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 51,433 An | +9.2% |
| 1994 | 52,567 An | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 53,556 An | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 53,313 An | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 52,415 An | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 52,405 An | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 53,100 An | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 52,700 An | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 57,500 An | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 62,750 An | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 62,700 An | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 67,700 An | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 72,700 An | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 72,700 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 82,700 An | +13.8% |
| 2008 | 77,700 An | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 82,750 An | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 80,750 An | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 77,800 An | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 82,850 An | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 82,850 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 82,860 An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 82,817 An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 82,815 An | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 72,826 An | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 72,843 An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 72,855 An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 69,865 An | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 76,912 An | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 81,703 An | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 80,408 An | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 80,850 An | +0.5% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 80,850 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 330,410 An, 24% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 80,850 An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,253 An, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +1180.5% | 4,100 An | 52,500 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,979 An | 2,560 An | 3,290 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,359 An | 3,250 An | 3,500 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,015 An | 3,650 An | 4,100 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,248 An | 4,100 An | 53,556 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,190 An | 52,700 An | 82,750 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 79,127 An | 72,826 An | 82,860 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,948 An | 69,865 An | 81,703 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.5759 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0996 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3415 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — stocks in Costa Rica?
- Sheep and goats — stocks in Costa Rica was 80,850 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 82,860 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,560 An in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Costa Rica ranks 145th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goats — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goats — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.