Camels — Stocks in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Camels — Stocks was 67.2 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Camels — Stocks in Southern Africa, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 67.2 LSU for camels — stocks in 2023.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, camels — stocks in Southern Africa peaked at 79.1 LSU in 2004 and was at its lowest, 35 LSU, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Camels — Stocks in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35 LSU | — |
| 2001 | 35 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 49 LSU | +40.0% |
| 2003 | 56 LSU | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 79.1 LSU | +41.2% |
| 2005 | 44.1 LSU | -44.2% |
| 2006 | 51.1 LSU | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 52.5 LSU | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 52.5 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 52.5 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 59.5 LSU | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 60.9 LSU | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 60.9 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 61.6 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 61.6 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 62.3 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 63.7 LSU | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 64.4 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 65.8 LSU | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 65.8 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 66.5 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 65.8 LSU | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 66.5 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 67.2 LSU | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Camels — Stocks in Southern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | -44.2% | 79.1 LSU | 44.1 LSU |
| 2004 | +41.2% | 56 LSU | 79.1 LSU |
| 2002 | +40.0% | 35 LSU | 49 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.68 LSU | 35 LSU | 79.1 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.65 LSU | 59.5 LSU | 65.8 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.5 LSU | 65.8 LSU | 67.2 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 27.42 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is camels — stocks in Southern Africa?
- Camels — stocks in Southern Africa was 67.2 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest camels — stocks recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 79.1 LSU in 2004.
- What is the lowest camels — stocks recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 LSU in 2000.
- How does Southern Africa rank for camels — stocks?
- Southern Africa ranks 13th out of 16 groups with data for 2023.
- Is camels — stocks rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Camels — Stocks. 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.