Middle Africa vs Nigeria: Swine / pigs — Stocks

Middle Africa
1.67 million LSU
in 2023
Nigeria
1.90 million LSU
in 2023
Middle Africa rank
17th
Nigeria rank
23rd

Swine / pigs — Stocks over time

  • Middle Africa
  • Nigeria
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.90 million LSU against 1.67 million LSU in Middle Africa, a difference of 221,150 LSU.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Middle Africa's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.

Middle Africa ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 23rd of 44 regions.

Across the 7 decades both report, Middle Africa averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle Africa Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 256,022 LSU 145,244 LSU 110,777 LSU Middle Africa
1970s 416,779 LSU 181,000 LSU 235,779 LSU Middle Africa
1980s 621,285 LSU 338,000 LSU 283,285 LSU Middle Africa
1990s 761,054 LSU 818,816 LSU 57,762 LSU Nigeria
2000s 961,385 LSU 1.23 million LSU 263,808 LSU Nigeria
2010s 1.44 million LSU 1.48 million LSU 41,369 LSU Nigeria
2020s 1.61 million LSU 1.86 million LSU 255,112 LSU Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher swine / pigs — stocks, Middle Africa or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 1.90 million LSU against 1.67 million LSU in Middle Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in swine / pigs — stocks between Middle Africa and Nigeria?
221,150 LSU, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Nigeria?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Middle Africa and Nigeria rank globally for swine / pigs — stocks?
Middle Africa ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 23rd of 44 regions.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Swine / pigs — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Swine / pigs — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,804 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.