Nigeria vs Sudan (former): Sheep and Goat Meat — Production

Nigeria
455,157 t
in 2024
Sudan (former)
485,500 t
in 2011
Nigeria rank
9th
Sudan (former) rank
8th

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production over time

  • Nigeria
  • Sudan (former)
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How they compare

Sudan (former) currently reports 485,500 t against 455,157 t in Nigeria, a difference of 30,343 t.

That makes Sudan (former)'s figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sudan (former) ahead.

Nigeria ranks 9th and Sudan (former) ranks 8th of 185 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Sudan (former) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Sudan (former) Difference Ahead
1960s 18,339 t 73,096 t 54,756 t Sudan (former)
1970s 47,738 t 98,474 t 50,736 t Sudan (former)
1980s 122,656 t 102,169 t 20,488 t Nigeria
1990s 222,805 t 221,382 t 1,422 t Nigeria
2000s 390,910 t 435,423 t 44,513 t Sudan (former)
2010s 420,022 t 480,750 t 60,728 t Sudan (former)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goat meat — production, Nigeria or Sudan (former)?
Sudan (former), at 485,500 t against 455,157 t in Nigeria as of 2011.
What is the difference in sheep and goat meat — production between Nigeria and Sudan (former)?
30,343 t, with Sudan (former) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sudan (former)?
51 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2011.
How do Nigeria and Sudan (former) rank globally for sheep and goat meat — production?
Nigeria ranks 9th and Sudan (former) ranks 8th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goat Meat — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 13,572 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.