Nigeria vs Southern Africa: Eggs Primary — Production
Eggs Primary — Production over time
- Nigeria
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 658,008 t against 443,149 t in Southern Africa, a difference of 214,859 t.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.5 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 190 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 6 and Southern Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,056 t | 90,648 t | 1,593 t | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 146,500 t | 133,357 t | 13,143 t | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 237,800 t | 190,876 t | 46,924 t | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 373,700 t | 275,072 t | 98,628 t | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 499,920 t | 383,400 t | 116,520 t | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 642,506 t | 485,847 t | 156,659 t | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 654,407 t | 533,692 t | 120,714 t | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher eggs primary — production, Nigeria or Southern Africa?
- Nigeria, at 658,008 t against 443,149 t in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in eggs primary — production between Nigeria and Southern Africa?
- 214,859 t, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Southern Africa rank globally for eggs primary — production?
- Nigeria ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Eggs Primary — Production. 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.