Poultry Birds — Stocks in Nigeria
Nigeria: Poultry Birds — Stocks was 241,700 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Stocks in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 241,700 1000 An for poultry birds — stocks in 2024.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 76.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — stocks in Nigeria peaked at 250,620 1000 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 37,360 1000 An, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 22nd of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,502 1000 An | 37,360 1000 An | 50,410 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,574 1000 An | 52,440 1000 An | 76,340 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 98,378 1000 An | 79,760 1000 An | 120,270 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 123,309 1000 An | 118,000 1000 An | 126,090 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 148,294 1000 An | 113,200 1000 An | 183,156 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,124 1000 An | 134,839 1000 An | 205,697 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 238,260 1000 An | 223,704 1000 An | 250,620 1000 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 poultry birds — stocks in Nigeria?
- Poultry birds — stocks in Nigeria was 241,700 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 250,620 1000 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,360 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for poultry birds — stocks?
- Nigeria ranks 22nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poultry birds — stocks rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.1%. 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 Poultry Birds — 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.