Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production was 41,958 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 41,958 t for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa peaked at 46,881 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,407 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,407 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,056 t | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 10,451 t | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 11,036 t | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 12,212 t | +10.7% |
| 1966 | 12,759 t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 13,105 t | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 15,409 t | +17.6% |
| 1969 | 14,855 t | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 15,676 t | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 15,996 t | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 17,152 t | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 16,049 t | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 15,759 t | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 14,710 t | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 14,921 t | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 15,366 t | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 16,555 t | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 17,289 t | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 21,528 t | +24.5% |
| 1981 | 22,272 t | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 22,263 t | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,494 t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 23,032 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 20,814 t | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 28,348 t | +36.2% |
| 1987 | 29,032 t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 29,219 t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 30,575 t | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 31,435 t | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 24,596 t | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 27,361 t | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 25,697 t | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 28,851 t | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 29,467 t | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 29,431 t | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 30,222 t | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 30,573 t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 28,419 t | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 24,503 t | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 26,340 t | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 27,154 t | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 32,147 t | +18.4% |
| 2004 | 29,334 t | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 30,406 t | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 29,374 t | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 28,130 t | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 27,807 t | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 28,535 t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 30,893 t | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 33,393 t | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 35,473 t | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 33,298 t | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 35,721 t | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 37,470 t | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 35,069 t | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 36,450 t | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 37,785 t | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 37,621 t | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 40,473 t | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 43,350 t | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 46,881 t | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 45,875 t | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 41,958 t | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,143 t | 9,407 t | 15,409 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,947 t | 14,710 t | 17,289 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,958 t | 20,814 t | 30,575 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,605 t | 24,596 t | 31,435 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,373 t | 24,503 t | 32,147 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,317 t | 30,893 t | 37,785 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,708 t | 40,473 t | 46,881 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 7 China 45,033 t compare
- 7 China, mainland 45,033 t compare
- 9 Ethiopia 37,277 t compare
- 10 Egypt 31,035 t compare
- 11 Mauritania 28,856 t compare
- 12 Turkmenistan 18,840 t compare
- 13 Oman 17,716 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa?
- Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production in Western Africa was 41,958 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 46,881 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,407 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production?
- Western Africa ranks 10th out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of camels, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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 — 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.