Somalia vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area over time
- Somalia
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.12 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.1 LSU/ha.
That makes Somalia's figure about 6.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Somalia has been ahead every year.
Somalia ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 3rd of 48 countries.
Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0611 LSU/ha | 0.0067 LSU/ha | 0.0544 LSU/ha | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.083 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.073 LSU/ha | Somalia |
| 1980s | 0.101 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.091 LSU/ha | Somalia |
| 1990s | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | Somalia |
| 2000s | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.013 LSU/ha | 0.097 LSU/ha | Somalia |
| 2010s | 0.114 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.094 LSU/ha | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.1 LSU/ha | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher camels — livestock units per agricultural land area, Somalia or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Somalia, at 0.12 LSU/ha against 0.02 LSU/ha in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in camels — livestock units per agricultural land area between Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.1 LSU/ha, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Somalia and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for camels — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Somalia ranks 6th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 3rd of 48 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.