Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Nigeria
Nigeria: Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks was 20.94 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Nigeria is 20.94 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Nigeria peaked at 20.94 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.03 million An, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 20th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.25 million An | 6.03 million An | 8.58 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.41 million An | 8.89 million An | 11.88 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.92 million An | 12.11 million An | 13.96 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.71 million An | 13.95 million An | 15.10 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.70 million An | 15.12 million An | 16.43 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.47 million An | 16.58 million An | 20.40 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.81 million An | 20.59 million An | 20.94 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Nigeria?
- Cattle and buffaloes — stocks in Nigeria was 20.94 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 20.94 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest cattle and buffaloes — stocks recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.03 million An in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for cattle and buffaloes — stocks?
- Nigeria ranks 20th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cattle and buffaloes — stocks rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.