Nigeria vs Türkiye: Sheep — Stocks

Nigeria
52.14 million An
in 2024
Türkiye
44.08 million An
in 2024
Nigeria rank
8th
Türkiye rank
16th

Sheep — Stocks over time

  • Nigeria
  • Türkiye
020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 52.14 million An against 44.08 million An in Türkiye, a difference of 8.06 million An.

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

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

Nigeria ranks 8th and Türkiye ranks 16th of 179 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Türkiye Difference Ahead
1960s 1.82 million An 33.87 million An 32.04 million An Türkiye
1970s 5.27 million An 39.88 million An 34.61 million An Türkiye
1980s 10.04 million An 45.84 million An 35.80 million An Türkiye
1990s 16.60 million An 35.35 million An 18.75 million An Türkiye
2000s 31.05 million An 25.34 million An 5.71 million An Nigeria
2010s 41.68 million An 30.46 million An 11.22 million An Nigeria
2020s 50.14 million An 43.63 million An 6.51 million An Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sheep — stocks, Nigeria or Türkiye?
Nigeria, at 52.14 million An against 44.08 million An in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Nigeria and Türkiye?
8.06 million An, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Türkiye?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Türkiye rank globally for sheep — stocks?
Nigeria ranks 8th and Türkiye ranks 16th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep — 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 — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,958 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.