Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 132 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 132 kg/An for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 17.9% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia peaked at 230 kg/An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 110 kg/An, in 2014.
That places Saudi Arabia 34th out of 38 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 224 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 225 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 226 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 225 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 224 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 225 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 230 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 226 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 229 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 229 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 229 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 227 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 227 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 226 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 226 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 226 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 223 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 223 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 223 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 226 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 226 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 226 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 222 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 222 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 222 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 222 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 223 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 226 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 225 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 224 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 224 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 224 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 230 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 229 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 210 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 230 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 205 kg/An | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 210 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 228 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 220 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 219 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 223 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 224 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 216 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 213 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 221 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 221 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 221 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 222 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 220 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 110 kg/An | -50.0% |
| 2015 | 115 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 125 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 132 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 131 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 163 kg/An | +24.4% |
| 2020 | 124 kg/An | -23.9% |
| 2021 | 110 kg/An | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 119 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 112 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 132 kg/An | +17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 226 kg/An | 224 kg/An | 230 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 225.9 kg/An | 223 kg/An | 229 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 224 kg/An | 222 kg/An | 226 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 221.4 kg/An | 205 kg/An | 230 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 219.1 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 224 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 165.8 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 222 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.4 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 132 kg/An | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia was 132 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 230 kg/An in 1967.
- What is the lowest meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 110 kg/An in 2014.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 34th out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of camels, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.