Melanesia vs Nigeria: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks over time
- Melanesia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 20.94 million An against 353,270 An in Melanesia, a difference of 20.59 million An.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 59.3 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 16th and Nigeria ranks 19th of 20 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 331,553 An | 7.25 million An | 6.92 million An | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 519,906 An | 10.41 million An | 9.89 million An | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 601,285 An | 12.92 million An | 12.32 million An | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 685,073 An | 14.71 million An | 14.02 million An | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 669,586 An | 15.70 million An | 15.03 million An | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 509,539 An | 19.47 million An | 18.96 million An | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 357,555 An | 20.81 million An | 20.45 million An | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle and buffaloes — stocks, Melanesia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 20.94 million An against 353,270 An in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cattle and buffaloes — stocks between Melanesia and Nigeria?
- 20.59 million An, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Nigeria rank globally for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Melanesia ranks 16th and Nigeria ranks 19th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.