Camels — Stocks in Egypt
Egypt: Camels — Stocks was 247,667 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Camels — Stocks in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for camels — stocks in Egypt is 247,667 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, camels — stocks in Egypt peaked at 263,000 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 79,000 An, in 2020.
Egypt ranks 24th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Camels — Stocks in Egypt, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 172,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 173,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 174,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 175,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 175,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 176,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 177,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 127,000 An | -28.2% |
| 1969 | 127,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 127,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 106,000 An | -16.5% |
| 1972 | 117,000 An | +10.4% |
| 1973 | 113,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 109,000 An | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 105,000 An | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 101,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 97,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 93,000 An | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 88,270 An | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 84,154 An | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 100,000 An | +18.8% |
| 1982 | 167,000 An | +67.0% |
| 1983 | 196,000 An | +17.4% |
| 1984 | 225,000 An | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 215,000 An | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 150,000 An | -30.2% |
| 1987 | 82,000 An | -45.3% |
| 1988 | 128,000 An | +56.1% |
| 1989 | 135,963 An | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 126,000 An | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 147,365 An | +17.0% |
| 1992 | 160,000 An | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 110,000 An | -31.2% |
| 1994 | 132,803 An | +20.7% |
| 1995 | 131,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 130,620 An | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 128,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 125,000 An | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 134,000 An | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 141,000 An | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 134,000 An | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 127,000 An | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 136,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 135,000 An | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 142,000 An | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 148,000 An | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 83,951 An | -43.3% |
| 2008 | 107,372 An | +27.9% |
| 2009 | 137,112 An | +27.7% |
| 2010 | 110,571 An | -19.4% |
| 2011 | 136,930 An | +23.8% |
| 2012 | 141,537 An | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 152,946 An | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 158,269 An | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 152,518 An | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 156,545 An | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 155,713 An | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 85,293 An | -45.2% |
| 2019 | 91,000 An | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 79,000 An | -13.2% |
| 2021 | 239,000 An | +202.5% |
| 2022 | 263,000 An | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 241,000 An | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 247,667 An | +2.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 247,667 An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72,000 An, 3.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 247,667 An is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 115,090 An, 2.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Camels — Stocks in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +202.5% | 79,000 An | 239,000 An |
| 1982 | +67.0% | 100,000 An | 167,000 An |
| 1988 | +56.1% | 82,000 An | 128,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 164,000 An | 127,000 An | 177,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 105,627 An | 88,270 An | 127,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 148,312 An | 82,000 An | 225,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 132,479 An | 110,000 An | 160,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,144 An | 83,951 An | 148,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,132 An | 85,293 An | 158,269 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 213,933 An | 79,000 An | 263,000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is camels — stocks in Egypt?
- Camels — stocks in Egypt was 247,667 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest camels — stocks recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 263,000 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest camels — stocks recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 79,000 An in 2020.
- How does Egypt rank for camels — stocks?
- Egypt ranks 24th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is camels — stocks rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.