Nigeria vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time
- Nigeria
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 80.30 million LSU against 14.07 million LSU in Nigeria, a difference of 66.23 million LSU.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 5.7 times Nigeria's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 187 countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 329,644 LSU | 19.25 million LSU | 18.92 million LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1970s | 1.16 million LSU | 21.30 million LSU | 20.14 million LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1980s | 2.70 million LSU | 25.99 million LSU | 23.30 million LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 1990s | 4.64 million LSU | 30.09 million LSU | 25.45 million LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2000s | 8.03 million LSU | 41.16 million LSU | 33.13 million LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2010s | 11.41 million LSU | 61.01 million LSU | 49.60 million LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2020s | 13.66 million LSU | 77.24 million LSU | 63.58 million LSU | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Nigeria or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Sub-Saharan Africa, at 80.30 million LSU against 14.07 million LSU in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 66.23 million LSU, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
- Nigeria ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 4th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goats — 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.