Nigeria vs Western Africa: Chickens — Stocks
Chickens — Stocks over time
- Nigeria
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 843,349 1000 An against 241,700 1000 An in Nigeria, a difference of 601,649 1000 An.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 3.5 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 191 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,502 1000 An | 103,292 1000 An | 59,790 1000 An | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 63,574 1000 An | 146,300 1000 An | 82,726 1000 An | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 98,378 1000 An | 216,092 1000 An | 117,714 1000 An | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 123,309 1000 An | 273,914 1000 An | 150,605 1000 An | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 148,294 1000 An | 376,386 1000 An | 228,092 1000 An | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 166,124 1000 An | 551,775 1000 An | 385,651 1000 An | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 238,260 1000 An | 774,590 1000 An | 536,330 1000 An | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher chickens — stocks, Nigeria or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 843,349 1000 An against 241,700 1000 An in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in chickens — stocks between Nigeria and Western Africa?
- 601,649 1000 An, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Western Africa rank globally for chickens — stocks?
- Nigeria ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Chickens — 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.