Australia and New Zealand vs Nigeria: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Australia and New Zealand
108.40 million An
in 2024
Nigeria
143.11 million An
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
7th
Nigeria rank
4th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Nigeria
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196119922024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 143.11 million An against 108.40 million An in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 34.71 million An.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Australia and New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia and New Zealand ahead.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 217.68 million An 3.30 million An 214.38 million An Australia and New Zealand
1970s 209.76 million An 11.58 million An 198.18 million An Australia and New Zealand
1980s 212.46 million An 26.99 million An 185.48 million An Australia and New Zealand
1990s 186.74 million An 46.43 million An 140.31 million An Australia and New Zealand
2000s 137.81 million An 80.35 million An 57.46 million An Australia and New Zealand
2010s 104.15 million An 114.07 million An 9.92 million An Nigeria
2020s 99.71 million An 137.89 million An 38.18 million An Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Australia and New Zealand or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 143.11 million An against 108.40 million An in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Australia and New Zealand and Nigeria?
34.71 million An, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Nigeria rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 7th and Nigeria ranks 4th of 186 countries.
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
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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.