Table 1.

Available data on Pastoralism in IGAD region³⁹

Country	Ethnicities affiliated with pastoralism†	Pastoral lands	Estimates of pastoralist population*
Djibouti	Afar, Somali	Pasture: 73% Other: 26% Combined: 99%	Data not available
Eritrea	Tigre, Saho, Kunama, Rashaida, Bilen, Afar, Beni Amer, Hidareb, Nera	Pasture: 68% Other: 9% Combined: 77%	Data not available
Ethiopia	Afar, Bodi, Borana, Dasanech, Hamer, Murle, Mursi, Nyangatom, Nuer, Oromo, Somali, Suri	Pasture: 20% Other: 51% Combined: 71%	12%–15% of the National Population (~10–12 million people) (Desta 2006)
Kenya	Borana, Dasanech, Gabra, Maasai, Pokot, Rendille, Sakuye, Samburu, Somali, Turkana	Pasture: 37% Other: 45% Combined: 82%	~10% of the National Population (~4 million people) (~800 000 households) (Krätli and Swift 2014; Wanyama 2020)
Somalia	Somali	Pasture: 68% Other: 19% Combined: 87%	~60% of the National Population (~9–10 million people) (2013 National Adaptation Programme of Action)
South Sudan	Dinka, Jie, Mandari, Murle, Nyangatom, Nuer, Toposa	Pasture: 40% Other: 43% Combined: 83%	Data not available 54% report owning livestock (WFP 2018)
Sudan	Ahamda, Baggara, Bega, Kababish, Lahaween, Missiriya, Rufaa, Shukria	Pasture: 84% Other: 0% Combined: 84%	~20% of the National Population (~8.5 million) (Casciarri and Ahmed 2009)
Uganda	Bahima, Banyarwanda, Baruli, Basongoro, Dodos, Itesot, Jie, Karimojong, Langi	Pasture: 25% Other: 14% Combined: 39%	~12% of the National Population (~5 million people) Estimates vary widely, 1–10 mil. (1.1 million households) (Krätli and Swift 2014; Wanyama 2020)

IGAD, Intergovernmental Authority on Development.