Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia
Somalia: Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.12 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for camels — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia is 0.12 LSU/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, camels — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia peaked at 0.12 LSU/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.05 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 6th of 48 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.05 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1 LSU/ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 0.09 LSU/ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.12 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0611 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.083 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.101 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.114 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 0.12 LSU/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Somalia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 30.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 43,000 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is camels — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia?
- Camels — livestock units per agricultural land area in Somalia was 0.12 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest camels — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.12 LSU/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest camels — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for camels — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Somalia ranks 6th out of 48 countries with data for 2023.
- Is camels — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Camels — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.