Americas vs Nigeria: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock over time
- Americas
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 47.94 %LSU against 2.22 %LSU in Americas, a difference of 45.72 %LSU.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 21.6 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 28th and Nigeria ranks 8th of 31 groups.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.95 %LSU | 6.34 %LSU | 0.3933 %LSU | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 4.21 %LSU | 15 %LSU | 10.79 %LSU | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 3.74 %LSU | 24.69 %LSU | 20.96 %LSU | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 3.21 %LSU | 31.78 %LSU | 28.58 %LSU | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 2.58 %LSU | 42.01 %LSU | 39.43 %LSU | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 2.37 %LSU | 45.72 %LSU | 43.35 %LSU | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 2.25 %LSU | 47.22 %LSU | 44.98 %LSU | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — share in total livestock, Americas or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 47.94 %LSU against 2.22 %LSU in Americas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — share in total livestock between Americas and Nigeria?
- 45.72 %LSU, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and Nigeria rank globally for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Americas ranks 28th and Nigeria ranks 8th of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock. 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.