Asia vs Nigeria: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Asia
1.22 billion An
in 2024
Nigeria
143.11 million An
in 2024
Asia rank
1st
Nigeria rank
4th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

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

How they compare

Asia currently reports 1.22 billion An against 143.11 million An in Nigeria, a difference of 1.08 billion An.

That makes Asia's figure about 8.5 times Nigeria's.

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

Asia ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 4th of 20 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 461.52 million An 3.30 million An 458.22 million An Asia
1970s 515.93 million An 11.58 million An 504.34 million An Asia
1980s 622.36 million An 26.99 million An 595.37 million An Asia
1990s 796.88 million An 46.43 million An 750.45 million An Asia
2000s 903.68 million An 80.35 million An 823.33 million An Asia
2010s 1.01 billion An 114.07 million An 895.97 million An Asia
2020s 1.18 billion An 137.89 million An 1.04 billion An Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Asia or Nigeria?
Asia, at 1.22 billion An against 143.11 million An in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Asia and Nigeria?
1.08 billion An, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Asia and Nigeria rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Asia ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 4th of 20 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and 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
Sheep and Goats — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,597 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.