| Element |
| Producing Animals/Slaughtered, Head | 530 Head in 2013 | FAO |
| Production, tonnes | 530 tonnes in 2013 | FAO |
| Yield , Hg/An | 10,000 Hg/An in 2013 | FAO |
| Agriculture Indicators |
| Production | 4,737.03 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Slaughtered | 300,383 an in 2022 | FAO |
| Stocks | 1,193,529 an in 2022 | FAO |
| Yield | 21 100 g/An in 2022 | FAO |
| Africa (an in 2022) |
Nigeria is the top country by sheep among 47 countries. As of 2022, sheep in Nigeria was 50.3 million an that accounts for 17.13% of total sheep. The top 5 countries (others are Chad, Algeria, Morocco, and South Africa) account for 57.86% of it. The total sheep was estimated at 293 million an in 2022.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Nigeria | 50,284,350 | FAO |
| Chad | 45,081,553 | FAO |
| Algeria | 31,192,020 | FAO |
| Ethiopia | 23,200,000 in 1992 | FAO |
| Morocco | 21,800,556 | FAO |
| South Africa | 21,432,364 | FAO |
| Mali | 20,158,662 | FAO |
| Niger | 14,627,232 | FAO |
| Burkina Faso | 11,260,981 | FAO |
| Mauritania | 11,002,788 | FAO |
| Somalia | 10,241,518 | FAO |
| Libya | 7,546,329 | FAO |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 6,226,177 | FAO |
| Tunisia | 6,195,681 | FAO |
| Ghana | 5,845,718 | FAO |
| Cameroon | 3,605,529 | FAO |
| Guinea | 3,507,606 | FAO |
| Benin | 2,500,613 | FAO |
| Eritrea | 2,462,123 | FAO |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2,271,386 | FAO |
| Uganda | 2,192,607 | FAO |
| Egypt | 2,083,708 | FAO |
| Togo | 1,991,392 | FAO |
| Namibia | 1,342,289 | FAO |
| Lesotho | 1,142,162 | FAO |
| Sierra Leone | 1,022,738 | FAO |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 917,265 | FAO |
| Madagascar | 851,112 | FAO |
| Burundi | 713,807 | FAO |
| Guinea Bissau | 485,107 | FAO |
| Djibouti | 470,014 | FAO |
| Central African Republic | 441,336 | FAO |
| Malawi | 372,384 | FAO |
| Zimbabwe | 354,008 | FAO |
| Rwanda | 331,748 | FAO |
| Liberia | 294,112 | FAO |
| Zambia | 260,560 | FAO |
| Gabon | 225,025 | FAO |
| Gambia | 179,185 | FAO |
| Mozambique | 164,002 | FAO |
| Botswana | 133,502 | FAO |
| Congo | 126,990 | FAO |
| Equatorial Guinea | 41,771 | FAO |
| Eswatini | 37,623 | FAO |
| Comoros | 25,660 | FAO |
| Cabo Verde | 19,229 | FAO |
| Mauritius | 4,367 | FAO |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 3,329 | FAO |
| Angola | 10 timeseries | |
| Kenya | 13 timeseries | |
| Senegal | 13 timeseries | |
| South Sudan | 14 timeseries | |
| Sudan | 14 timeseries |
| Agriculture Livestock |
| Asses Stocks | 1 timeseries | |
| Beehives Stocks | 1 timeseries | |
| Cattle | 5,255,925 an in 2022 | FAO |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | 4,988,036 Head in 2017 | FAO |
| Game Meat Production | 1 timeseries | |
| Goats | 4,524,013 an in 2022 | FAO |
| Horse Stocks | 1 timeseries | |
| Pig Stocks | 1 timeseries | |
| Poultry | 46,486 1000 An in 2022 | FAO |
| Sheep | 10 timeseries | |
| Sheep and Goats | 5,654,075 Head in 2017 | FAO |
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