Africa vs Nigeria: Eggs Primary — Laying

Africa
643,372 1000 An
in 2024
Nigeria
136,854 1000 An
in 2024
Africa rank
9th
Nigeria rank
11th

Eggs Primary — Laying over time

  • Africa
  • Nigeria
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922024

How they compare

Africa currently reports 643,372 1000 An against 136,854 1000 An in Nigeria, a difference of 506,518 1000 An.

That makes Africa's figure about 4.7 times Nigeria's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 33 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 143,302 1000 An 26,000 1000 An 117,302 1000 An Africa
1970s 197,026 1000 An 38,100 1000 An 158,926 1000 An Africa
1980s 272,743 1000 An 57,000 1000 An 215,743 1000 An Africa
1990s 336,313 1000 An 86,000 1000 An 250,313 1000 An Africa
2000s 416,848 1000 An 109,400 1000 An 307,448 1000 An Africa
2010s 522,840 1000 An 132,524 1000 An 390,315 1000 An Africa
2020s 619,100 1000 An 137,926 1000 An 481,174 1000 An Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher eggs primary — laying, Africa or Nigeria?
Africa, at 643,372 1000 An against 136,854 1000 An in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in eggs primary — laying between Africa and Nigeria?
506,518 1000 An, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Africa and Nigeria rank globally for eggs primary — laying?
Africa ranks 9th and Nigeria ranks 11th of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Eggs Primary — Laying. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Eggs Primary — Laying
Unit
1000 An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,785 data points, 1961–2024
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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.