Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 20,273 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan stood at 20,273 An.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan peaked at 30,000 An in 1978 and was at its lowest, 14,000 An, in 1986.
Afghanistan ranks 21st of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 22,393 An | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 27,952 An | +24.8% |
| 1964 | 26,000 An | -7.0% |
| 1965 | 24,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1966 | 24,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 24,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 24,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 24,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 24,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 24,200 An | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 24,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 24,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 24,200 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 24,600 An | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 24,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 24,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 An | +22.0% |
| 1979 | 22,100 An | -26.3% |
| 1980 | 21,500 An | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 21,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 21,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 22,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 22,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,000 An | -36.4% |
| 1987 | 15,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 16,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 17,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 18,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 18,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 19,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 20,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 22,000 An | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 22,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20,000 An | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22,000 An | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 21,000 An | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 20,000 An | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 21,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 22,000 An | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 22,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19,800 An | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 20,000 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 19,500 An | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 19,810 An | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 19,986 An | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 19,955 An | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 20,268 An | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 20,246 An | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 20,230 An | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 20,150 An | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 20,162 An | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 20,240 An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 20,257 An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 20,273 An | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,038 An | 20,000 An | 27,952 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,670 An | 22,100 An | 30,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,250 An | 14,000 An | 22,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,000 An | 18,000 An | 22,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,900 An | 20,000 An | 22,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,180 An | 19,500 An | 22,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,216 An | 20,150 An | 20,273 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan?
- Fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan was 20,273 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 30,000 An in 1978.
- What is the lowest fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 An in 1986.
- How does Afghanistan rank for fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Afghanistan ranks 21st out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.