Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 500,657 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia is 500,657 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.1% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia peaked at 603,816 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 45,000 An, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 3rd of 38 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fat of camels — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 46,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 47,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 48,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 49,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 50,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 51,237 An | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 62,689 An | +22.4% |
| 1969 | 55,992 An | -10.7% |
| 1970 | 60,716 An | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 75,060 An | +23.6% |
| 1972 | 83,812 An | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 108,349 An | +29.3% |
| 1974 | 189,108 An | +74.5% |
| 1975 | 174,350 An | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 169,175 An | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 160,818 An | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 141,867 An | -11.8% |
| 1979 | 156,578 An | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 143,227 An | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 116,617 An | -18.6% |
| 1982 | 108,282 An | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 114,680 An | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 135,752 An | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 148,962 An | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 146,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 148,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 154,313 An | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 157,838 An | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 178,548 An | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 184,741 An | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 184,500 An | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 187,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 210,000 An | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 198,000 An | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 240,000 An | +21.2% |
| 1997 | 244,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 217,000 An | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 174,000 An | -19.8% |
| 2000 | 181,000 An | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 182,000 An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 182,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 184,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 194,000 An | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 193,000 An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 186,000 An | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 186,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 186,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 190,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 194,000 An | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 198,000 An | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 200,000 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 208,177 An | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 434,698 An | +108.8% |
| 2015 | 444,872 An | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 456,270 An | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 461,612 An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 480,150 An | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 361,824 An | -24.6% |
| 2020 | 490,000 An | +35.4% |
| 2021 | 428,401 An | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 469,753 An | +9.7% |
| 2023 | 603,816 An | +28.5% |
| 2024 | 500,657 An | -17.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,546 An | 45,000 An | 62,689 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,983 An | 60,716 An | 189,108 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 137,367 An | 108,282 An | 157,838 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 201,779 An | 174,000 An | 244,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 186,400 An | 181,000 An | 194,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 343,960 An | 194,000 An | 480,150 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 498,525 An | 428,401 An | 603,816 An | 5 |
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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 fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia?
- Fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia was 500,657 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 603,816 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,000 An in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 3rd out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of camels — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.