Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area by country
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...
What the numbers show
Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 1.11 LSU/ha in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 LSU/ha in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.03 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.1296 LSU/ha.
Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1.11 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Qatar | 1.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Bahrain | 0.3 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Chad | 0.15 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Oman | 0.15 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Somalia | 0.12 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 7 | Kenya | 0.1 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Kuwait | 0.08 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | flat |
| 9 | Egypt | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 9 | Eritrea | 0.04 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 11 | Mauritania | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 11 | Djibouti | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Niger | 0.03 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Tunisia | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Sudan (former) | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Mali | 0.02 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 19 | Yemen | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Algeria | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 19 | Iraq | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Jordan | 0.01 LSU/ha | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Libya | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Morocco | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 0 LSU/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 0.05 LSU/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.03 LSU/ha
- Eastern Africa 0.03 LSU/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.03 LSU/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.02 LSU/ha
- Northern Africa 0.02 LSU/ha
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.02 LSU/ha
- Africa 0.02 LSU/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.01 LSU/ha
- Western Asia 0.01 LSU/ha
- Western Africa 0.01 LSU/ha
- World 0.01 LSU/ha
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.