Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production was 66,164 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in Saudi Arabia is 66,164 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 67,895 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,100 t, in 1961.
Saudi Arabia ranks 4th of 38 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,100 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,350 t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 10,600 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 10,800 t | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 11,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 11,250 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 11,789 t | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 14,193 t | +20.4% |
| 1969 | 12,816 t | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 13,900 t | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 17,196 t | +23.7% |
| 1972 | 19,063 t | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 24,574 t | +28.9% |
| 1974 | 42,750 t | +74.0% |
| 1975 | 39,414 t | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 38,244 t | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 35,788 t | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 31,571 t | -11.8% |
| 1979 | 34,845 t | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 32,440 t | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 26,413 t | -18.6% |
| 1982 | 24,525 t | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 25,459 t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 30,136 t | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 33,069 t | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 32,411 t | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 33,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 34,819 t | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 35,502 t | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 39,949 t | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 41,303 t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 41,300 t | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 43,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 48,000 t | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 41,600 t | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 55,200 t | +32.7% |
| 1997 | 50,000 t | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 45,500 t | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 39,590 t | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 39,840 t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 39,920 t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 40,500 t | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 41,250 t | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 41,960 t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 41,070 t | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 39,580 t | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 41,140 t | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 41,140 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 42,000 t | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 43,000 t | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 43,560 t | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 44,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 45,799 t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 48,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 51,000 t | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 57,000 t | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 61,000 t | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 63,000 t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 59,000 t | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 61,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 47,065 t | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 55,826 t | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 67,895 t | +21.6% |
| 2024 | 66,164 t | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,433 t | 10,100 t | 14,193 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,734 t | 13,900 t | 42,750 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,777 t | 24,525 t | 35,502 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,544 t | 39,590 t | 55,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,840 t | 39,580 t | 42,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,536 t | 43,000 t | 63,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,590 t | 47,065 t | 67,895 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 1 Sudan 145,228 t compare
- 2 Sudan (former) 139,000 t compare
- 3 Kenya 71,490 t compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,170 t compare
- 5 Somalia 50,626 t compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 480.75 t compare
- 6 Türkiye 0 t compare
- 6 United Arab Emirates 46,241 t compare
- 7 China 45,033 t compare
- 7 China, mainland 45,033 t compare
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 meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in Saudi Arabia was 66,164 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 67,895 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,100 t in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 4th out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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 — Production. 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.