Table 2.
National productions of farm ruminants and percentage of dromedary camels with respect to the total number of other domestic ruminants (cows, sheep, and goats).
| Ruminants | Cows | Sheep | Goats | Camels | % Camels/ruminants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries of the Southern coast of the Mediterranean basin | |||||
| Morocco | 3,364,000a | 19,863,000 | 5,205,000 | 59,000 | 0.2% |
| Algeria | 1,895,126 | 28,393,602 | 5,007,894 | 381,882 | 1.08% |
| Tunisia | 627,614 | 6,536,762 | 1,205,526 | 237,005 | 2.75% |
| Libya | 124,941 | 7,400,487 | 2,628,366 | 64,469 | 0.62% |
| Egypt | 5,064,509 | 5,697,716 | 4,351,545 | 149,224 | 0.97% |
| Palestine | 40,254 | 747,880 | 215,000 | 0 | 0% |
| Israel | 543,311 | 519,640 | 89,720 | 5,530 | 0.47% |
| Lebanon | 81,262 | 458,112 | 516,803 | 192 | 0.02% |
| Jordania | 72,644 | 3,057,948 | 770,771 | 14,322 | 0.36% |
| Other countriesb | |||||
| Chad | 27,603,203 | 30,789,484 | 34,408,101 | 7,285,309 | 7.28% |
| Somalia | 4,800,000 | 11,000,000 | 11,524,496 | 7,222,181 | 20.91% |
| Sudan | 30,734,061 | 40,573,686 | 31,443,790 | 4,849,003 | 4.51% |
| Djibouti | 299,954 | 468,732 | 514,462 | 70,965 | 5.24% |
| UAE | 104,584 | 2,208,451 | 2,264,699 | 451,463 | 8.97% |
| Qatar | 21,675 | 287,231 | 169,232 | 40,843 | 7.87% |
a
Number of heads in herds and farms in 2017 according to FAO data (369).
b
Complementary data correspond either to the countries that are the largest producers of camels or to countries in which the ratio of camels per capita is the highest.