Kenya vs Nigeria: Cattle — Stocks
Cattle — Stocks over time
- Kenya
- Nigeria
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 22.44 million An against 20.94 million An in Nigeria, a difference of 1.49 million An.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 19th and Nigeria ranks 20th of 205 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.48 million An | 7.25 million An | 224,889 An | Kenya |
| 1970s | 9.60 million An | 10.41 million An | 809,160 An | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 12.06 million An | 12.92 million An | 855,590 An | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 12.60 million An | 14.71 million An | 2.10 million An | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 13.92 million An | 15.70 million An | 1.78 million An | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 18.97 million An | 19.47 million An | 505,630 An | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 22.95 million An | 20.81 million An | 2.14 million An | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cattle — stocks, Kenya or Nigeria?
- Kenya, at 22.44 million An against 20.94 million An in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cattle — stocks between Kenya and Nigeria?
- 1.49 million An, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Nigeria rank globally for cattle — stocks?
- Kenya ranks 19th and Nigeria ranks 20th of 205 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cattle — 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.