Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock was 47.94 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goats — Share in total livestock in Nigeria, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 47.94 %LSU for sheep and goats — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Nigeria peaked at 47.94 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.86 %LSU, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 8th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.34 %LSU | 3.86 %LSU | 9.4 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 15 %LSU | 10.26 %LSU | 19.74 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.69 %LSU | 20.75 %LSU | 27.87 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.78 %LSU | 27.75 %LSU | 38.49 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 42.01 %LSU | 40.27 %LSU | 42.73 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.72 %LSU | 42.78 %LSU | 46.81 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.22 %LSU | 46.86 %LSU | 47.94 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 5 Turkmenistan 51.75 %LSU compare
- 6 Algeria 50.28 %LSU compare
- 7 Togo 48.85 %LSU compare
- 9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 47.76 %LSU compare
- 10 Mauritania 45.35 %LSU compare
- 11 Mongolia 43.49 %LSU compare
More environment data for Nigeria
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 20,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 43,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 13,147 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,365 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1,451 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 2,057 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 68,007 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Nigeria?
- Sheep and goats — share in total livestock in Nigeria was 47.94 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 47.94 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — share in total livestock recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.86 %LSU in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for sheep and goats — share in total livestock?
- Nigeria ranks 8th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — share in total livestock rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Share in total livestock. 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.