Nigeria vs Northern America: Major livestock types — Stocks

Nigeria
29.35 million LSU
in 2023
Northern America
146.12 million LSU
in 2023
Nigeria rank
16th
Northern America rank
14th

Major livestock types — Stocks over time

  • Nigeria
  • Northern America
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M196119922023

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 146.12 million LSU against 29.35 million LSU in Nigeria, a difference of 116.77 million LSU.

That makes Northern America's figure about 5.0 times Nigeria's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 16th and Northern America ranks 14th of 195 countries.

Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Northern America Difference Ahead
1960s 5.04 million LSU 149.65 million LSU 144.61 million LSU Northern America
1970s 7.54 million LSU 166.52 million LSU 158.98 million LSU Northern America
1980s 10.83 million LSU 155.25 million LSU 144.42 million LSU Northern America
1990s 14.46 million LSU 149.11 million LSU 134.65 million LSU Northern America
2000s 19.11 million LSU 153.10 million LSU 133.99 million LSU Northern America
2010s 24.91 million LSU 148.65 million LSU 123.74 million LSU Northern America
2020s 28.92 million LSU 149.64 million LSU 120.72 million LSU Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher major livestock types — stocks, Nigeria or Northern America?
Northern America, at 146.12 million LSU against 29.35 million LSU in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in major livestock types — stocks between Nigeria and Northern America?
116.77 million LSU, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Northern America?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Northern America rank globally for major livestock types — stocks?
Nigeria ranks 16th and Northern America ranks 14th of 195 countries.
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

Indicator
Major livestock types — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
246 places, 14,138 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.