Niger vs Zimbabwe: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Niger
2.15 million An
in 2024
Zimbabwe
2.27 million An
in 2024
Niger rank
64th
Zimbabwe rank
61st

Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Niger
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 2.27 million An against 2.15 million An in Niger, a difference of 125,010 An.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 64th and Zimbabwe ranks 61st of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Niger Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 2.45 million An 300,713 An 2.15 million An Niger
1970s 3.40 million An 640,030 An 2.76 million An Niger
1980s 3.69 million An 545,650 An 3.14 million An Niger
1990s 3.92 million An 964,420 An 2.95 million An Niger
2000s 1.11 million An 1.25 million An 139,080 An Zimbabwe
2010s 1.65 million An 2.00 million An 351,296 An Zimbabwe
2020s 2.01 million An 2.59 million An 582,578 An Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, Niger or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 2.27 million An against 2.15 million An in Niger as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered between Niger and Zimbabwe?
125,010 An, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Zimbabwe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Niger and Zimbabwe rank globally for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
Niger ranks 64th and Zimbabwe ranks 61st of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,604 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.