Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.2 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Nigeria, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.2 LSU/ha for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nigeria peaked at 0.2 LSU/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 25th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1965 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1966 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 1973 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.04 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.13 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.14 LSU/ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 0.16 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.17 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.18 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.19 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0056 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.021 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.047 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.073 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.121 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.13 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.17 LSU/ha | 0.14 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1975 LSU/ha | 0.19 LSU/ha | 0.2 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nigeria?
- Sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nigeria was 0.2 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2 LSU/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Nigeria ranks 25th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goats — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.