Camel Offal Food Supply by Country

Saudi Arabia recorded the largest food supply of edible offals from camels and other camelids in 2023, at 9,423 tonnes. Ethiopia followed with 8,035 tonnes, while China ranked third at 5,382 tonnes. Mauritania had the highest per-person supply, at 2.39 grams a day. The 2023 listed total was 52,180 tonnes across 32 countries with reported values, based on data for 2019-2023.

Which Country Has the Highest Camel Offal Food Supply?

Saudi Arabia had the highest reported food supply of edible offals from camels and other camelids in 2023, at 9,423 tonnes, or about 18.1 percent of the annual listed total. Ethiopia ranked second with 8,035 tonnes, followed by China with 5,382 tonnes. Mauritania had the highest per-capita supply. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

• Kenya recorded the largest increase by tonnage in the latest year.
• Saudi Arabia added 859 tonnes, up 10.0 percent.
• Egypt lost about a sixth of its 2022 level.
• Niger lost about a sixth of its 2022 level.

Edible Offals of Camels and Other Camelids, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen Consumption

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Saudi Arabia SA	9.42K	0.78
2	Ethiopia ET	8.04K	0.17
3	China CN	5.38K	0.01
4	Mauritania MR	4.38K	2.39
5	Kenya KE	4.3K	0.21
6	United Arab Emirates AE	3.51K	0.9
7	Algeria DZ	2.2K	0.13
8	Oman OM	1.98K	1.07
9	Turkmenistan TM	1.84K	0.68
10	Egypt EG	1.75K	0.04
11	Niger NE	1.73K	0.18
12	Iran IR	1.22K	0.04
13	Kazakhstan KZ	1.1K	0.15
14	Mongolia MN	1.06K	0.84
15	Pakistan PK	914.81	0.01
16	Afghanistan AF	519.9	0.03
17	Morocco MA	504.51	0.04
18	Iraq IQ	425.27	0.03
19	Yemen YE	413.7	0.03
20	Tunisia TN	272.32	0.06
21	Libya LY	266.17	0.1
22	Kuwait KW	199.15	0.11
23	Uzbekistan UZ	186.35	0.01
24	Qatar QA	162.23	0.15
25	Djibouti DJ	116.67	0.28
26	Jordan JO	110.29	0.03
27	Syria SY	67.78	0.01
28	Burkina Faso BF	66.92	0.01
29	Bahrain BH	23.39	0.04
30	Russia RU	16.36	0
31	Israel IL	14.25	0
32	Senegal SN	2.59	0

Kenya Records the Largest Increase in 2023

Kenya added 2,405 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 126.9 percent to 4,301 tonnes. Saudi Arabia added 859 tonnes, up 10.0 percent, and China added 402 tonnes, up 8.1 percent. Egypt lost 357 tonnes, down 16.9 percent, Niger lost 354 tonnes, down 17.0 percent, and Mongolia shed 106 tonnes, down 9.1 percent. All 32 countries with reported values in 2022 also had values in 2023. Their combined food supply rose from 48,441 tonnes to 52,180 tonnes, an increase of 3,739 tonnes, or 7.7 percent.

Saudi Arabia Records the Largest Decline Since 2019

Between 2019 and 2023, the 32 countries with a value in both years fell by 3,505 tonnes, or 6.3 percent, from 55,685 tonnes at the start. Saudi Arabia recorded the largest decline, losing 6,875 tonnes, down 42.2 percent. Kenya shed 1,939 tonnes, down 31.1 percent, and Ethiopia gave up 514 tonnes, down 6.0 percent. Egypt added 761.43 tonnes, up 76.7 percent, Algeria added 1,300 tonnes, up 145.3 percent, and China added 1,639 tonnes, up 43.8 percent. Bolivia and Peru reported 2019 values but none afterwards, so they sit outside this comparison, and no country entered it.

Mauritania Leads Camel Offal Supply per Person

Mauritania recorded 2.39 grams a day in 2023, ahead of Oman at 1.07 grams in second and the Emirates at 0.90 grams in third. Mongolia sat fourth at 0.84 grams. Mauritania therefore ranks first per person even though its national total is below those of the three volume leaders in the table above.

What the Camel Offal Data Measures

Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen, available for human consumption are recorded in tonnes and in grams per person per day for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only, and the listed total is not a world figure that includes regional aggregates. Total tonnage shows the scale of reported food supply, while grams per person per day adjust the figures for population size.

This table records no reported zero in 2023; the only rows without a 2023 value are Bolivia and Peru, which have no value after 2019. A reported zero is therefore not used to fill a gap here, and a blank cell means missing data rather than zero supply.

Camel Offal Food Supply by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	Saudi Arabia	16.3K	1.47	15.07K	1.33	9.12K	0.8	8.56K	0.73	9.42K	0.78
2	Ethiopia	8.55K	0.2	8.24K	0.19	8.38K	0.19	8.06K	0.18	8.04K	0.17
3	China	3.74K	0.01	3.83K	0.01	4.27K	0.01	4.98K	0.01	5.38K	0.01
4	Mauritania	4.03K	2.47	3.41K	2.03	4.17K	2.41	4.32K	2.43	4.38K	2.39
5	Kenya	6.24K	0.33	4.79K	0.25	3.05K	0.16	1.9K	0.1	4.3K	0.21
6	United Arab Emirates	2.95K	0.86	5.96K	1.73	6.23K	1.74	3.42K	0.92	3.51K	0.9
7	Algeria	895.16	0.06	930.37	0.06	954.56	0.06	2.09K	0.13	2.2K	0.13
8	Oman	1.83K	1.09	1.88K	1.14	1.91K	1.16	1.94K	1.13	1.98K	1.07
9	Turkmenistan	1.52K	0.61	1.81K	0.72	2.12K	0.82	1.9K	0.72	1.84K	0.68
10	Egypt	992.57	0.03	794.87	0.02	2.02K	0.05	2.11K	0.05	1.75K	0.04
11	Niger	1.46K	0.17	1.66K	0.19	1.8K	0.2	2.08K	0.23	1.73K	0.18
12	Iran	1.1K	0.03	757.69	0.02	954.97	0.03	871.55	0.03	1.22K	0.04
13	Kazakhstan	935.84	0.13	995.78	0.14	1.05K	0.15	1.11K	0.15	1.1K	0.15
14	Mongolia	973.69	0.83	1.32K	1.1	1.02K	0.84	1.16K	0.94	1.06K	0.84
15	Pakistan	869	0.01	880.45	0.01	891.9	0.01	903.35	0.01	914.81	0.01
16	Afghanistan	514.87	0.04	520.2	0.04	512.61	0.04	519.03	0.04	519.9	0.03
17	Morocco	447.57	0.03	422.7	0.03	422.7	0.03	343.88	0.03	504.51	0.04
18	Iraq	342.45	0.03	342.75	0.03	376.68	0.03	408.46	0.03	425.27	0.03
19	Yemen	417.22	0.03	391.48	0.03	460.02	0.03	365.63	0.03	413.7	0.03
20	Tunisia	267.67	0.06	271.39	0.06	272.71	0.06	271.76	0.06	272.32	0.06
21	Libya	216.94	0.09	272.55	0.11	155.64	0.06	301.45	0.11	266.17	0.1
22	Kuwait	198.45	0.12	145.03	0.09	232.26	0.15	175.53	0.1	199.15	0.11
23	Uzbekistan	265.33	0.02	244.91	0.02	243.09	0.02	189.62	0.01	186.35	0.01
24	Qatar	260.19	0.25	149.1	0.15	185.91	0.18	50.83	0.05	162.23	0.15
25	Djibouti	114.9	0.29	115.05	0.29	114.6	0.28	116.42	0.28	116.67	0.28
26	Jordan	96.54	0.02	104.53	0.03	104.84	0.03	109.67	0.03	110.29	0.03
27	Syria	88.98	0.01	88.15	0.01	65.3	0.01	58.97	0.01	67.78	0.01
28	Burkina Faso	38.48	0.01	39.31	0.01	64.37	0.01	65.58	0.01	66.92	0.01
29	Bahrain	8.1	0.01	8.09	0.01	21.93	0.04	22.52	0.04	23.39	0.04
30	Russia	20.06	0	18.31	0	16.08	0	15.94	0	16.36	0
31	Israel	14.02	0	14.14	0	14.14	0	14.19	0	14.25	0
32	Senegal	0.76	0	2.93	0	2.69	0	2.83	0	2.59	0
33	Peru	1.68K	0.14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
34	Bolivia	1.16K	0.27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The data come from FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts. Element 5141 records food supply in tonnes, while element 665 reports food supply in grams per capita per day, for edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen, over 2019-2023. The annual listed total sums countries with reported values for the relevant year. Year-to-year comparisons include only countries with reported values in both years. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base and are not calculated when that base is zero. Reported zeros are retained, while blank cells are treated as missing data, and values under 1,000 tonnes are shown to two decimals. These figures describe food available for human consumption, not actual dietary intake.