Camels — Stocks in Nigeria
Nigeria: Camels — Stocks was 279,135 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Camels — Stocks in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 279,135 An for camels — stocks in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, camels — stocks in Nigeria peaked at 280,703 An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14,000 An, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 22nd out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,944 An | 14,000 An | 18,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,910 An | 17,000 An | 20,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,765 An | 17,200 An | 18,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,399 An | 14,881 An | 60,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 170,000 An | 80,000 An | 260,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 279,075 An | 277,727 An | 280,346 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 279,581 An | 279,135 An | 280,703 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is camels — stocks in Nigeria?
- Camels — stocks in Nigeria was 279,135 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest camels — stocks recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 280,703 An in 2020.
- What is the lowest camels — stocks recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 An in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for camels — stocks?
- Nigeria ranks 22nd out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is camels — stocks rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.