Nigeria vs Western Asia: Sheep — Stocks
Sheep — Stocks over time
- Nigeria
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 119.44 million An against 52.14 million An in Nigeria, a difference of 67.31 million An.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 2.3 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Asia has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 8th and Western Asia ranks 9th of 179 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.82 million An | 56.16 million An | 54.34 million An | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 5.27 million An | 63.50 million An | 58.23 million An | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 10.04 million An | 79.78 million An | 69.74 million An | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 16.60 million An | 77.80 million An | 61.20 million An | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 31.05 million An | 77.34 million An | 46.29 million An | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 41.68 million An | 89.81 million An | 48.14 million An | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 50.14 million An | 116.70 million An | 66.55 million An | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep — stocks, Nigeria or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 119.44 million An against 52.14 million An in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep — stocks between Nigeria and Western Asia?
- 67.31 million An, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Western Asia rank globally for sheep — stocks?
- Nigeria ranks 8th and Western Asia ranks 9th 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
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.