Guinea-Bissau vs Nigeria: Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Sheep — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 0.07 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.01 LSU/ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 38th and Nigeria ranks 35th of 180 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.0011 LSU/ha | 0.0189 LSU/ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1970s | 0.027 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.017 LSU/ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 0.035 LSU/ha | 0.018 LSU/ha | 0.017 LSU/ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1990s | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.025 LSU/ha | 0.015 LSU/ha | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 0.045 LSU/ha | 0.047 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.062 LSU/ha | 0.002 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area, Guinea-Bissau or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 0.07 LSU/ha against 0.06 LSU/ha in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area between Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria?
- 0.01 LSU/ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria rank globally for sheep — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 38th and Nigeria ranks 35th of 180 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — 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.