Camels — Stocks in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Camels — Stocks was 14.51 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Camels — Stocks in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for camels — stocks in Eastern Africa is 14.51 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, camels — stocks in Eastern Africa peaked at 14.51 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.20 million An, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Camels — Stocks in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.20 million An | — |
| 1962 | 4.41 million An | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 4.74 million An | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 5.06 million An | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 5.29 million An | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 5.52 million An | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 5.84 million An | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 6.07 million An | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 6.11 million An | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 6.20 million An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 6.32 million An | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 6.43 million An | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 6.35 million An | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 6.54 million An | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 6.84 million An | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 6.97 million An | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 7.17 million An | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 7.44 million An | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 7.46 million An | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 7.44 million An | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 7.66 million An | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 7.90 million An | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 7.87 million An | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 8.01 million An | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 8.27 million An | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 8.24 million An | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 8.47 million An | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 8.73 million An | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 8.83 million An | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 8.66 million An | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 8.12 million An | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 7.68 million An | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 7.32 million An | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 7.47 million An | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 7.61 million An | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 7.73 million An | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 7.84 million An | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 8.16 million An | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 8.52 million An | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 8.51 million An | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 8.70 million An | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 8.82 million An | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 8.93 million An | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 9.25 million An | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 9.02 million An | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 8.90 million An | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 11.18 million An | +25.6% |
| 2008 | 11.97 million An | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 11.19 million An | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 11.55 million An | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 11.49 million An | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 11.31 million An | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 11.54 million An | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 11.54 million An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11.94 million An | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 12.15 million An | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 12.54 million An | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 12.88 million An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 14.13 million An | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 14.16 million An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 13.98 million An | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 13.09 million An | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 13.93 million An | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 14.51 million An | +4.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Camels — Stocks in Eastern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +25.6% | 8.90 million An | 11.18 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.25 million An | 4.20 million An | 6.11 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.77 million An | 6.20 million An | 7.46 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.14 million An | 7.44 million An | 8.83 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.91 million An | 7.32 million An | 8.66 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.65 million An | 8.51 million An | 11.97 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.11 million An | 11.31 million An | 14.13 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.93 million An | 13.09 million An | 14.51 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 3 Sudan 4.84 million An compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 156,555 An compare
- 4 Kenya 4.78 million An compare
- 5 Sudan (former) 4.71 million An compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 32,278 An compare
- 6 Saudi Arabia 2.44 million An compare
- 6 Türkiye 1,137 An compare
- 7 Niger 1.96 million An compare
- 8 Ethiopia 1.66 million An compare
- 9 Mauritania 1.56 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.3517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.5636 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -0.4089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 7.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.2198 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is camels — stocks in Eastern Africa?
- Camels — stocks in Eastern Africa was 14.51 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest camels — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14.51 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest camels — stocks recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.20 million An in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for camels — stocks?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is camels — stocks rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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
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.