Camels — Stocks in China
China: Camels — Stocks was 634,000 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Camels — Stocks in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for camels — stocks in China is 634,000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.4% on the previous year and up 131.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, camels — stocks in China peaked at 634,000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 225,900 An, in 2009.
China ranks 13th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 422,222 An | 378,000 An | 470,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 520,900 An | 480,000 An | 574,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 553,200 An | 472,000 An | 628,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 389,400 An | 335,000 An | 475,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 272,850 An | 225,900 An | 330,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 291,297 An | 230,200 An | 405,326 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 525,600 An | 411,200 An | 634,000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 10 Mali 1.37 million An compare
- 11 Pakistan 1.16 million An compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 1.07 million An compare
- 13 China, mainland 634,000 An compare
- 15 United Arab Emirates 604,855 An compare
- 16 Mongolia 480,567 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is camels — stocks in China?
- Camels — stocks in China was 634,000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest camels — stocks recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 634,000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest camels — stocks recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 225,900 An in 2009.
- How does China rank for camels — stocks?
- China ranks 13th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is camels — stocks rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 131.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.