Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen was 13,503 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia stood at 13,503 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia peaked at 13,856 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,061 t, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 3rd out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,061 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,112 t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 2,163 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 2,204 t | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 2,245 t | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 2,296 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 2,358 t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 2,839 t | +20.4% |
| 1969 | 2,563 t | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 2,780 t | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 3,439 t | +23.7% |
| 1972 | 3,813 t | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 4,915 t | +28.9% |
| 1974 | 8,550 t | +74.0% |
| 1975 | 7,883 t | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 7,649 t | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 7,158 t | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 6,314 t | -11.8% |
| 1979 | 6,969 t | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 6,488 t | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 5,283 t | -18.6% |
| 1982 | 4,905 t | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 5,092 t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 6,027 t | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 6,614 t | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 6,482 t | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 6,735 t | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 6,964 t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 7,100 t | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 7,990 t | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 8,429 t | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 8,429 t | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 8,776 t | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 9,796 t | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 8,490 t | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 11,265 t | +32.7% |
| 1997 | 10,204 t | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 9,286 t | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 8,080 t | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 8,131 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 8,147 t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 8,265 t | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 8,418 t | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 8,563 t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 8,382 t | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 8,078 t | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 8,396 t | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 8,396 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,571 t | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 8,776 t | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 8,890 t | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 8,980 t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 9,347 t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 9,796 t | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 10,408 t | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 11,633 t | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 12,449 t | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 12,857 t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 12,041 t | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 12,449 t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 9,605 t | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 11,393 t | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 13,856 t | +21.6% |
| 2024 | 13,503 t | -2.6% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 13,503 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 174.85 t, 77.2× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 13,503 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 482.87 t, 28.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +74.0% | 4,915 t | 8,550 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,316 t | 2,061 t | 2,839 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,947 t | 2,780 t | 8,550 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,169 t | 4,905 t | 7,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,074 t | 7,990 t | 11,265 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,335 t | 8,078 t | 8,571 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,518 t | 8,776 t | 12,857 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,161 t | 9,605 t | 13,856 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 1 Sudan 16,459 t compare
- 2 Sudan (former) 15,445 t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,234 t compare
- 4 Ethiopia 9,319 t compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 255.5 t compare
- 5 Somalia 8,940 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 67.51 t compare
- 6 United Arab Emirates 7,772 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia?
- Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen in Saudi Arabia was 13,503 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,856 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,061 t in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 3rd out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.