Raw milk of camel — Production in China
China: Raw milk of camel — Production was 22,730 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of camel — Production in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of camel — production in China is 22,730 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of camel — production in China peaked at 22,730 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,000 t, in 1961.
China ranks 14th of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of camel — Production in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 11,600 t | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 12,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 12,400 t | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 12,600 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 12,800 t | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 12,600 t | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 12,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12,400 t | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 12,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,200 t | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 12,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 11,800 t | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 11,600 t | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 11,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,400 t | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 11,600 t | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 11,800 t | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 12,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 12,600 t | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 13,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 13,200 t | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 13,400 t | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 13,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 14,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 14,722 t | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 14,880 t | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 15,221 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 15,561 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 15,899 t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 16,069 t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 16,071 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15,738 t | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 15,403 t | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 15,236 t | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 14,728 t | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 14,774 t | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 13,319 t | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 12,843 t | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 12,882 t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 14,568 t | +13.1% |
| 2006 | 15,000 t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 14,913 t | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 12,150 t | -18.5% |
| 2009 | 11,609 t | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 11,763 t | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 13,546 t | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 13,634 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 13,723 t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 14,070 t | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 13,451 t | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 14,106 t | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 14,836 t | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 15,301 t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 17,205 t | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 17,302 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 18,611 t | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 20,568 t | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 21,480 t | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 22,730 t | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,244 t | 11,000 t | 12,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,080 t | 11,600 t | 12,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,660 t | 11,400 t | 14,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,480 t | 14,722 t | 16,071 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,679 t | 11,609 t | 15,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,163 t | 11,763 t | 17,205 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,138 t | 17,302 t | 22,730 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 11 Sudan (former) 59,000 t compare
- 12 Chad 36,598 t compare
- 13 Mauritania 26,875 t compare
- 14 China, mainland 22,730 t compare
- 16 Qatar 17,190 t compare
- 17 Kazakhstan 16,313 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of camel — production in China?
- Raw milk of camel — production in China was 22,730 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of camel — production recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 22,730 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of camel — production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 t in 1961.
- How does China rank for raw milk of camel — production?
- China ranks 14th out of 34 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of camel — production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of camel — 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.