USSR vs Western Africa: Sheep and Goats — Stocks

USSR
139.64 million An
in 1991
Western Africa
346.98 million An
in 2024
USSR rank
5th
Western Africa rank
8th

Sheep and Goats — Stocks over time

  • USSR
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 346.98 million An against 139.64 million An in USSR, a difference of 207.34 million An.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.5 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

USSR ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 8th of 186 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade USSR Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 140.89 million An 41.60 million An 99.29 million An USSR
1970s 145.62 million An 58.58 million An 87.04 million An USSR
1980s 148.59 million An 83.35 million An 65.24 million An USSR
1990s 142.38 million An 99.57 million An 42.82 million An USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep and goats — stocks, USSR or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 346.98 million An against 139.64 million An in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep and goats — stocks between USSR and Western Africa?
207.34 million An, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for USSR and Western Africa?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do USSR and Western Africa rank globally for sheep and goats — stocks?
USSR ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 8th 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.