Nigeria vs Pakistan: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

Nigeria
143.11 million An
in 2024
Pakistan
119.77 million An
in 2024
Nigeria rank
4th
Pakistan rank
6th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
050.0M100.0M150.0M196119922024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 143.11 million An against 119.77 million An in Pakistan, a difference of 23.34 million An.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Pakistan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Pakistan ahead.

Nigeria ranks 4th and Pakistan ranks 6th of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Pakistan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Pakistan Difference Ahead
1960s 3.30 million An 22.43 million An 19.13 million An Pakistan
1970s 11.58 million An 37.13 million An 25.55 million An Pakistan
1980s 26.99 million An 52.73 million An 25.75 million An Pakistan
1990s 46.43 million An 66.98 million An 20.55 million An Pakistan
2000s 80.35 million An 79.04 million An 1.31 million An Nigeria
2010s 114.07 million An 96.99 million An 17.07 million An Nigeria
2020s 137.89 million An 114.54 million An 23.35 million An Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, Nigeria or Pakistan?
Nigeria, at 143.11 million An against 119.77 million An in Pakistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between Nigeria and Pakistan?
23.34 million An, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Pakistan?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Pakistan rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
Nigeria ranks 4th and Pakistan ranks 6th 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.