Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China
China: Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 179,340 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in China stood at 179,340 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.4% on the previous year and up 132.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in China peaked at 179,340 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32,000 An, in 1961.
That places China 8th out of 38 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 32,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 37,000 An | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 42,000 An | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 46,000 An | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 50,000 An | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 50,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 55,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 60,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 59,000 An | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 62,000 An | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 65,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 68,000 An | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 70,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 72,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 75,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 78,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 32,000 An | -59.0% |
| 1992 | 41,000 An | +28.1% |
| 1993 | 45,500 An | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 53,100 An | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 50,000 An | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 47,000 An | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 48,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 61,000 An | +27.1% |
| 1999 | 67,000 An | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 67,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 65,000 An | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 69,000 An | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 65,000 An | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 65,600 An | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 65,400 An | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 68,000 An | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 74,000 An | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 81,000 An | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 63,000 An | -22.2% |
| 2010 | 65,000 An | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 67,000 An | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 67,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 77,000 An | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 77,119 An | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 76,521 An | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 78,683 An | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 75,517 An | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 100,524 An | +33.1% |
| 2019 | 128,867 An | +28.2% |
| 2020 | 116,317 An | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 130,602 An | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 153,147 An | +17.3% |
| 2023 | 163,981 An | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 179,340 An | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,222 An | 32,000 An | 50,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,000 An | 50,000 An | 50,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,600 An | 50,000 An | 75,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,260 An | 32,000 An | 78,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,300 An | 63,000 An | 81,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 81,323 An | 65,000 An | 128,867 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 148,677 An | 116,317 An | 179,340 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 5 United Arab Emirates 256,907 An compare
- 6 Kenya 238,974 An compare
- 7 Ethiopia 179,961 An compare
- 8 China, mainland 179,340 An compare
- 10 Mauritania 141,441 An compare
- 11 Egypt 123,667 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in China?
- Fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in China was 179,340 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 179,340 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,000 An in 1961.
- How does China rank for fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China ranks 8th out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 132.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.