Camels — Share in total livestock 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 — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 53.92 %LSU in Somalia; the lowest is 0 %LSU in India.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.2 %LSU, and the mean is 6.4 %LSU.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 392.7%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).
Camels — Share in total livestock: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 53.92 %LSU | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 35.92 %LSU | 2023 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 3 | Mauritania | 26.21 %LSU | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Oman | 24.36 %LSU | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 22.32 %LSU | 2023 | up 392.7% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 19.5 %LSU | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Djibouti | 16.42 %LSU | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 8 | Eritrea | 15.61 %LSU | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 9 | Kenya | 14.56 %LSU | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 10 | Qatar | 13.7 %LSU | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 11 | Sudan | 11.5 %LSU | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Sudan (former) | 9.89 %LSU | 2011 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 13 | Niger | 9.49 %LSU | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 7.25 %LSU | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 15 | Tunisia | 7.12 %LSU | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 15 | Bahrain | 7.12 %LSU | 2023 | up 120.4% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 6.43 %LSU | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 18 | Algeria | 4.48 %LSU | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 19 | Mongolia | 3.05 %LSU | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 20 | Libya | 2.86 %LSU | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 2.4 %LSU | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 22 | Iraq | 2.18 %LSU | 2023 | up 83.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Egypt | 2.1 %LSU | 2023 | up 69.4% | falling |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 1.8 %LSU | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 25 | Kuwait | 1.7 %LSU | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Jordan | 1.2 %LSU | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.87 %LSU | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 0.67 %LSU | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Morocco | 0.64 %LSU | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.54 %LSU | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 0.24 %LSU | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 32 | China, mainland | 0.17 %LSU | 2023 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 32 | China | 0.17 %LSU | 2023 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Senegal | 0.07 %LSU | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Lebanon | 0.01 %LSU | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Türkiye | 0 %LSU | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Azerbaijan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Russian Federation | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Ethiopia PDR | 0 %LSU | 1992 | — | flat |
| 36 | OECD | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 36 | USSR | 0 %LSU | 1991 | — | flat |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Ukraine | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Pakistan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Namibia | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | Israel | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
| 36 | India | 0 %LSU | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 14.04 %LSU
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 7.46 %LSU
- Northern Africa 7.41 %LSU
- Africa 6.75 %LSU
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6.72 %LSU
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.63 %LSU
- Eastern Africa 6.54 %LSU
- Western Asia 5.48 %LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.06 %LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.54 %LSU
- Western Africa 3.81 %LSU
- World 1.47 %LSU
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.