Camels — Stocks 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 — Stocks is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 7.48 million LSU in Chad; the lowest is 67.2 LSU in Namibia.
The median across all reporting countries is 187,648 LSU, and the mean is 856,722 LSU.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 750.2%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 37.2%).
Camels — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 7.48 million LSU | 2023 | up 89.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Somalia | 5.28 million LSU | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | Sudan | 3.34 million LSU | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Sudan (former) | 3.30 million LSU | 2011 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 120,000 LSU | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Kenya | 3.00 million LSU | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 25,132 LSU | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 1.49 million LSU | 2023 | up 750.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Türkiye | 897.75 LSU | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Niger | 1.35 million LSU | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 1.23 million LSU | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Mauritania | 1.08 million LSU | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Mali | 940,379 LSU | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 11 | China | 463,760 LSU | 2023 | up 111.7% | falling |
| 11 | China, mainland | 463,760 LSU | 2023 | up 111.7% | falling |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 434,700 LSU | 2023 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Mongolia | 379,082 LSU | 2023 | up 47.4% | falling |
| 15 | Yemen | 344,578 LSU | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Algeria | 329,350 LSU | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 17 | Eritrea | 281,766 LSU | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 18 | Oman | 222,026 LSU | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Nigeria | 196,013 LSU | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Tunisia | 179,282 LSU | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 21 | Egypt | 145,250 LSU | 2023 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 125,653 LSU | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 23 | Iraq | 93,034 LSU | 2023 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Qatar | 75,544 LSU | 2023 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Djibouti | 50,491 LSU | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 49,129 LSU | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Libya | 47,139 LSU | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 20,646 LSU | 2023 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 29 | Kuwait | 12,453 LSU | 2023 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 30 | Jordan | 10,341 LSU | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 31 | Senegal | 3,678 LSU | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Bahrain | 2,428 LSU | 2023 | up 208.3% | volatile |
| 33 | OECD | 897.75 LSU | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Lebanon | 98.25 LSU | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Namibia | 67.2 LSU | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 28.79 million LSU
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 21.52 million LSU
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 25.28 million LSU
- Middle Africa 7.48 million LSU
- Africa 24.99 million LSU
- Asia 3.80 million LSU
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24.49 million LSU
- Sub-Saharan Africa 20.91 million LSU
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 11.52 million LSU
- Eastern Africa 9.84 million LSU
- Northern Africa 4.09 million LSU
- Western Africa 3.59 million LSU
- Western Asia 2.71 million LSU
- Eastern Asia 842,842 LSU
- Southern Asia 245,653 LSU
- Southern Africa 67.2 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.