Kenya vs Nigeria: Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Kenya
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.13 LSU/ha against 0.12 LSU/ha in Kenya, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 22nd of 183 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0.022 LSU/ha | 0.012 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 0.032 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.047 LSU/ha | 0.007 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.061 LSU/ha | 0.074 LSU/ha | 0.013 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.095 LSU/ha | 0.108 LSU/ha | 0.013 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.1175 LSU/ha | 0.125 LSU/ha | 0.0075 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goats — livestock units per agricultural land area, Kenya or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.13 LSU/ha against 0.12 LSU/ha in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goats — livestock units per agricultural land area between Kenya and Nigeria?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Nigeria rank globally for goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Kenya ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 22nd of 183 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.