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Livestock & Protein

Herd sizes, meat and milk output, poultry systems and aquatic production, the animal-protein side of the food system.

Countries
Bangladesh
Colombia
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
Zambia
6.78M
Total meat production
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2.9M
Poultry meat production
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134.04M
Cattle herd (head)
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175.41M
Goat herd (head)
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75.13M
Sheep herd (head)
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4.4B
Avg milk production
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Quick Summary

6 countries · 2023–2026
  1. 01Nigeria leads on livestock population by species at 54.81M Head, about 2514220× Kenya. Ghana is moving fastest at -69.9% between 2023 and 2024.
  2. 02Nigeria leads on cattle herd size at 54.81M Head, about 22.7× Ghana. Kenya is moving fastest at -23.2% between 2023 and 2024.
  3. 03Bangladesh leads on total meat production volume at 9.22M metric tonnes/year, about 45.4× Zambia. Bangladesh is moving fastest at +105912644% between 2023 and 2024.
  4. 04Bangladesh leads on capture fishery landings at 529K Tonnes, about 6.12× Kenya. Ghana is moving fastest at -5.4% between 2023 and 2024.
  5. 05Nigeria leads on goat herd size at 138.95M Head, about 14.6× Ghana.
  6. 06Ghana leads on poultry meat production volume at 70K thousand tonnes, about 38043× Bangladesh.

Headline analytics

Total Meat Production Volume

tonnes/year

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Poultry Meat Production Volume

tonnes/year

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Cattle Herd Size

Head

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Goat Herd Size

Head

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Sheep Herd Size

Head

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Female Share of Agricultural Labor

%

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Total Meat Production Volume

varies

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Milk Production Volume

varies

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Cattle Herd Size

head

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Statistical analysis

Momentum, Milk Production Volume

Percent change 2023–2026

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Indicator correlation matrix

Pearson r across selected countries

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Leader vs laggard gap

Latest reported values per indicator

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Comparative profiles

Composite profile (normalised 0–100)

Livestock Pop… · Cattle Herd S… · Total Meat Pr… · Poultry Meat …

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Livestock Populat… vs Cattle Herd Size

Bubble size = third indicator

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Total Meat Produc… vs Poultry Meat Prod…

Correlation across countries

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Benchmarking & stability

Peer benchmark

standard deviations from the group average

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Indicator stability

year-to-year variation, % of mean

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Converging or diverging

change in country spread, 2023–2026

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Evidence depth behind these charts

how many countries and years report each indicator

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Annualised growth, Milk Production Volume

compound annual rate, 2023–2026

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Indicator deep dive

Livestock Population by Species

Livestock System Structure · Head

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Cattle Herd Size

Constraints & Opportunities · Head

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Total Meat Production Volume

Constraints & Opportunities · metric tonnes/year

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Capture Fishery Landings

Fisheries and Aquaculture Productivity · Tonnes

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Goat Herd Size

Constraints & Opportunities · Head

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Poultry Meat Production Volume

Constraints & Opportunities · thousand tonnes

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Sheep Herd Size

Constraints & Opportunities · Head

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Milk Production Volume

Constraints & Opportunities · tonnes or litres/year

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Aquaculture Production Volume

Constraints & Opportunities · tonnes/year

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Fisheries and Aquaculture Output

Productivity Metrics · tonnes/year

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Aquaculture Production Area

Aquatic Production System Structure · hectares

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Herd Size

Livestock System Structure · Integer or Float

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