China vs Nigeria: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

China
300.62 million An
in 2024
Nigeria
143.11 million An
in 2024
China rank
2nd
Nigeria rank
4th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • China
  • Nigeria
0100.0M200.0M300.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 300.62 million An against 143.11 million An in Nigeria, a difference of 157.51 million An.

That makes China's figure about 2.1 times Nigeria's.

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

China ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 4th of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 134.72 million An 3.30 million An 131.42 million An China
1970s 155.95 million An 11.58 million An 144.37 million An China
1980s 176.75 million An 26.99 million An 149.77 million An China
1990s 233.04 million An 46.43 million An 186.61 million An China
2000s 287.52 million An 80.35 million An 207.17 million An China
2010s 295.53 million An 114.07 million An 181.46 million An China
2020s 315.19 million An 137.89 million An 177.30 million An China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, China or Nigeria?
China, at 300.62 million An against 143.11 million An in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between China and Nigeria?
157.51 million An, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Nigeria rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
China ranks 2nd 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
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.