Sheep — Stocks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sheep — Stocks was 2,896 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep — Stocks in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 2,896 An for sheep — stocks in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — stocks in Costa Rica peaked at 3,100 An in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,060 An, in 1961.
That places Costa Rica 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,533 An | 1,060 An | 1,910 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,059 An | 1,950 An | 2,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,470 An | 2,300 An | 2,500 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,610 An | 2,500 An | 3,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,690 An | 2,500 An | 2,750 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,827 An | 2,750 An | 2,860 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,880 An | 2,865 An | 2,896 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 179 Antigua and Barbuda 4,473 An compare
- 180 Brunei Darussalam 4,356 An compare
- 181 Sao Tome and Principe 3,386 An compare
- 183 Guadeloupe 2,250 An compare
- 184 New Caledonia 1,753 An compare
- 185 French Guiana 1,412 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 20.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.63 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep — stocks in Costa Rica?
- Sheep — stocks in Costa Rica was 2,896 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,100 An in 1999.
- What is the lowest sheep — stocks recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,060 An in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sheep — stocks?
- Costa Rica ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep — stocks rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Sheep — 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.