Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mauritania
Mauritania: Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 141,441 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritania is 141,441 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritania peaked at 141,441 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39,500 An, in 1961.
That places Mauritania 10th 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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,500 An | — |
| 1962 | 41,300 An | +4.6% |
| 1963 | 42,100 An | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 43,900 An | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 45,700 An | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 46,500 An | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 47,400 An | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 60,000 An | +26.6% |
| 1969 | 55,000 An | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 57,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 60,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 64,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 60,000 An | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 57,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 55,000 An | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 55,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 56,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 58,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 59,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 69,300 An | +17.5% |
| 1981 | 69,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 67,500 An | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 68,400 An | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 70,200 An | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 71,100 An | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 90,200 An | +26.9% |
| 1987 | 92,400 An | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 95,700 An | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 100,100 An | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 104,500 An | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 105,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 97,000 An | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 79,000 An | -18.6% |
| 1994 | 97,000 An | +22.8% |
| 1995 | 97,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 97,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 98,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 102,000 An | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 90,000 An | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 112,000 An | +24.4% |
| 2001 | 117,000 An | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 122,000 An | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 127,000 An | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 130,000 An | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 134,000 An | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 125,000 An | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 125,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 120,000 An | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 122,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 128,000 An | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 130,500 An | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 123,878 An | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 122,781 An | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 135,855 An | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 126,826 An | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 132,042 An | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 125,636 An | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 131,058 An | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 130,462 An | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 131,521 An | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 133,150 An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 136,307 An | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 138,669 An | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 141,441 An | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,822 An | 39,500 An | 60,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,100 An | 55,000 An | 64,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 79,420 An | 67,500 An | 100,100 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,650 An | 79,000 An | 105,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 123,400 An | 112,000 An | 134,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 128,704 An | 122,781 An | 135,855 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 136,218 An | 131,521 An | 141,441 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3851 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 19.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritania?
- Fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritania was 141,441 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 141,441 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,500 An in 1961.
- How does Mauritania rank for fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Mauritania ranks 10th out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.