Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa
Africa: Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.77 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1.77 million An for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa peaked at 1.77 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 388,677 An, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 388,677 An | — |
| 1962 | 401,810 An | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 425,849 An | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 436,918 An | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 469,562 An | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 514,961 An | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 522,755 An | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 554,001 An | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 550,165 An | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 565,268 An | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 560,269 An | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 585,261 An | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 566,194 An | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 561,417 An | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 538,040 An | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 559,323 An | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 553,815 An | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 549,888 An | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 558,696 An | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 625,990 An | +12.0% |
| 1981 | 610,550 An | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 682,695 An | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 667,585 An | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 703,686 An | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 700,083 An | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 673,789 An | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 648,425 An | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 697,296 An | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 752,826 An | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 801,674 An | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 798,324 An | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 840,646 An | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 775,424 An | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 844,979 An | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 906,516 An | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 976,741 An | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 983,732 An | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million An | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 1.05 million An | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 1.04 million An | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 1.09 million An | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million An | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.15 million An | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 1.19 million An | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.06 million An | -10.8% |
| 2006 | 1.24 million An | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 1.39 million An | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 1.52 million An | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 1.49 million An | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 1.59 million An | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 1.65 million An | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 1.54 million An | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 1.53 million An | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.52 million An | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.56 million An | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 1.56 million An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.58 million An | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.51 million An | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.65 million An | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 1.61 million An | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.63 million An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.60 million An | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.70 million An | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 1.77 million An | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 473,855 An | 388,677 An | 554,001 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 559,817 An | 538,040 An | 585,261 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 676,292 An | 610,550 An | 752,826 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 902,998 An | 775,424 An | 1.06 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 million An | 1.04 million An | 1.52 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.57 million An | 1.51 million An | 1.65 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.66 million An | 1.60 million An | 1.77 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Sudan (former) 617,800 An compare
- 2 Sudan 540,226 An compare
- 3 Saudi Arabia 500,657 An compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28,324 An compare
- 4 Somalia 293,250 An compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 2,992 An compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 256,907 An compare
- 6 Kenya 238,974 An compare
- 6 Türkiye 0 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa?
- Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa was 1.77 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 388,677 An in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of camels, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — 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.