Eastern Africa vs Nigeria: Major livestock types — Stocks
Major livestock types — Stocks over time
- Eastern Africa
- Nigeria
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 150.42 million LSU against 29.35 million LSU in Nigeria, a difference of 121.06 million LSU.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 5.1 times Nigeria's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 31 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52.31 million LSU | 5.04 million LSU | 47.27 million LSU | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 59.82 million LSU | 7.54 million LSU | 52.28 million LSU | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 67.05 million LSU | 10.83 million LSU | 56.22 million LSU | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 68.40 million LSU | 14.46 million LSU | 53.93 million LSU | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 81.84 million LSU | 19.11 million LSU | 62.73 million LSU | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 120.45 million LSU | 24.91 million LSU | 95.54 million LSU | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 146.65 million LSU | 28.92 million LSU | 117.73 million LSU | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Eastern Africa or Nigeria?
- Eastern Africa, at 150.42 million LSU against 29.35 million LSU in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Eastern Africa and Nigeria?
- 121.06 million LSU, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Eastern Africa and Nigeria rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th and Nigeria ranks 16th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Major livestock types — Stocks. 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.