Nigeria vs World: Goats — Stocks

Nigeria
90.97 million An
in 2024
World
1.19 billion An
in 2024
Nigeria rank
4th
World rank
1st

Goats — Stocks over time

  • Nigeria
  • World
0250.0M500.0M750.0M1.0B1.2B196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 1.19 billion An against 90.97 million An in Nigeria, a difference of 1.10 billion An.

That makes World's figure about 13.1 times Nigeria's.

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

Nigeria ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria World Difference Ahead
1960s 1.47 million An 367.90 million An 366.43 million An World
1970s 6.31 million An 406.28 million An 399.96 million An World
1980s 16.94 million An 504.40 million An 487.46 million An World
1990s 29.83 million An 660.81 million An 630.98 million An World
2000s 49.30 million An 815.51 million An 766.21 million An World
2010s 72.39 million An 975.63 million An 903.24 million An World
2020s 87.75 million An 1.14 billion An 1.05 billion An World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goats — stocks, Nigeria or World?
World, at 1.19 billion An against 90.97 million An in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in goats — stocks between Nigeria and World?
1.10 billion An, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and World rank globally for goats — stocks?
Nigeria ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Goats — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Goats — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
231 places, 13,264 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.