Nigeria vs Small island developing States (SIDS): Sheep — Stocks

Nigeria
5.14 million LSU
in 2023
Small island developing States (SIDS)
284,464 LSU
in 2023
Nigeria rank
9th
Small island developing States (SIDS) rank
9th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • Nigeria
  • Small island developing States (SIDS)
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 5.14 million LSU against 284,464 LSU in Small island developing States (SIDS), a difference of 4.86 million LSU.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 18.1 times Small island developing States (SIDS)'s.

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

Nigeria ranks 9th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 9th of 180 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Small island developing States (SIDS) Difference Ahead
1960s 182,489 LSU 78,091 LSU 104,398 LSU Nigeria
1970s 526,970 LSU 96,816 LSU 430,154 LSU Nigeria
1980s 1.00 million LSU 145,153 LSU 858,917 LSU Nigeria
1990s 1.66 million LSU 347,112 LSU 1.31 million LSU Nigeria
2000s 3.10 million LSU 359,751 LSU 2.74 million LSU Nigeria
2010s 4.17 million LSU 316,297 LSU 3.85 million LSU Nigeria
2020s 4.97 million LSU 285,056 LSU 4.68 million LSU Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, Nigeria or Small island developing States (SIDS)?
Nigeria, at 5.14 million LSU against 284,464 LSU in Small island developing States (SIDS) as of 2023.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Nigeria and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
4.86 million LSU, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Small island developing States (SIDS) rank globally for sheep — stocks?
Nigeria ranks 9th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 9th of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Nigeria vs Small island developing States (SIDS): Sheep — Stocks. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 30 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/sheep-stocks/nigeria/small-island-developing-states-sids/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/sheep-stocks/nigeria/small-island-developing-states-sids/">Nigeria vs Small island developing States (SIDS): Sheep — Stocks</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Sheep — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
227 places, 12,936 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.