Fat of Camels Consumption by Country

The United Arab Emirates had the highest reported food supply of camel fat in 2023, at 1,243 tonnes, or about 12.1 percent of the listed total. Oman ranked second at 1,192 tonnes and had the highest per-capita supply, at 0.65 grams a day. The listed 2023 total was 10,276 tonnes across 29 country rows, 28 of which reported a value for that year. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually ate.

Kenya placed third by volume at 1,019 tonnes, and the three leading countries together accounted for about 33.6 percent of the listed 2023 total, so supply here is spread more evenly than a dominant leader would suggest.

• Kenya recorded the largest listed gain by volume.
• Iran added 172.24 tonnes, up 39.5 percent.
• Egypt lost 149.23 tonnes, down 16.9 percent.
• Niger lost 124.85 tonnes, down 16.8 percent.

Fat of Camels Consumption

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	United Arab Emirates AE	1.24K	0.32
2	Oman OM	1.19K	0.65
3	Kenya KE	1.02K	0.05
4	Ethiopia ET	964.25	0.02
5	Turkmenistan TM	741.93	0.28
6	Mauritania MR	741.01	0.4
7	Egypt EG	734.29	0.02
8	Niger NE	618.16	0.06
9	Iran IR	608.02	0.02
10	Algeria DZ	447.41	0.03
11	Pakistan PK	368.65	0
12	Morocco MA	339.99	0.02
13	Libya LY	266.17	0.1
14	Afghanistan AF	242.62	0.02
15	Yemen YE	187.55	0.01
16	Tunisia TN	173.98	0.04
17	Kuwait KW	82.98	0.05
18	Uzbekistan UZ	75.1	0.01
19	Jordan JO	69.48	0.02
20	Qatar QA	63.06	0.06
21	Djibouti DJ	45.72	0.11
22	Syria SY	12.6	0
23	Burkina Faso BF	10.3	0
24	Bahrain BH	9.42	0.02
25	Israel IL	9.33	0
26	Russia RU	6.59	0
27	Mongolia MN	2.19	0
28	Senegal SN	1.04	0

Kenya Records the Largest Annual Gain

Kenya added 569.92 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 126.9 percent to 1,019 tonnes. Iran added 172.24 tonnes, up 39.5 percent, and Morocco added 108.24 tonnes, up 46.7 percent. Egypt lost 149.23 tonnes, down 16.9 percent, Niger lost 124.85 tonnes, down 16.8 percent, and Libya shed 35.28 tonnes, down 11.7 percent. The countries with a value in both years rose from 9,591 tonnes to 10,276 tonnes, up 685 tonnes, or 7.1 percent, and every reporting country appears in both years.

Mongolia Records the Largest Five-Year Decline

Between 2019 and 2023, the 28 countries with a value in both years eased from 10,379 tonnes to 10,276 tonnes, down 103 tonnes, or 1.0 percent. Mongolia recorded the largest decline, losing 849.79 tonnes, down 99.7 percent, after reporting zero in 2020, 2021 and 2022; that pattern describes the reported data, and the underlying records should be checked before drawing conclusions. Kenya shed 459 tonnes, down 31.0 percent, and Ethiopia gave up 61.75 tonnes, down 6.0 percent. The Emirates added 199 tonnes, up 19.1 percent, Algeria added 265.06 tonnes, up 145.3 percent, and Egypt added 318.80 tonnes, up 76.7 percent. Myanmar reported 4.62 tonnes in 2019 and none afterwards, so it sits outside this comparison.

Oman Leads Camel Fat Supply per Person

Oman recorded 0.65 grams a day in 2023, ahead of Mauritania at 0.40 grams in second and the Emirates at 0.32 grams in third. Turkmenistan sat fourth at 0.28 grams. Oman therefore ranks second by volume and first per person, while the Emirates, first by volume, places third per person.

What the Camel Fat Data Measures

Fat of camels available for human consumption is 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 missing cell belongs to Myanmar, which last reported 4.62 tonnes in 2019. Mongolia's 2019 value of 851.98 tonnes followed by three reported zeros is the sharpest movement in the file and should be checked against the source before any interpretation.

Fat of Camels Consumption 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	United Arab Emirates	1.04K	0.31	2.11K	0.61	2.21K	0.62	1.21K	0.32	1.24K	0.32
2	Oman	1.11K	0.66	1.13K	0.69	1.15K	0.7	1.17K	0.68	1.19K	0.65
3	Kenya	1.48K	0.08	1.13K	0.06	722.29	0.04	449.08	0.02	1.02K	0.05
4	Ethiopia	1.03K	0.02	988.27	0.02	1.01K	0.02	967.41	0.02	964.25	0.02
5	Turkmenistan	610.64	0.25	731.04	0.29	853.44	0.33	763.6	0.29	741.93	0.28
6	Mauritania	680.41	0.42	575.69	0.34	704.78	0.41	729.47	0.41	741.01	0.4
7	Egypt	415.49	0.01	332.74	0.01	847.3	0.02	883.52	0.02	734.29	0.02
8	Niger	522.1	0.06	592.04	0.07	641.37	0.07	743.01	0.08	618.16	0.06
9	Iran	550.83	0.02	378.84	0.01	477.49	0.01	435.78	0.01	608.02	0.02
10	Algeria	182.35	0.01	189.52	0.01	194.45	0.01	425.77	0.03	447.41	0.03
11	Pakistan	350.19	0	354.81	0	359.42	0	364.04	0	368.65	0
12	Morocco	301.62	0.02	284.86	0.02	284.86	0.02	231.75	0.02	339.99	0.02
13	Libya	216.94	0.09	272.55	0.11	155.64	0.06	301.45	0.11	266.17	0.1
14	Afghanistan	240.27	0.02	242.76	0.02	239.22	0.02	242.21	0.02	242.62	0.02
15	Yemen	189.14	0.01	177.47	0.01	208.54	0.02	165.75	0.01	187.55	0.01
16	Tunisia	171.01	0.04	173.39	0.04	174.23	0.04	173.63	0.04	173.98	0.04
17	Kuwait	82.69	0.05	60.43	0.04	96.78	0.06	73.14	0.04	82.98	0.05
18	Uzbekistan	106.92	0.01	98.7	0.01	97.96	0.01	76.41	0.01	75.1	0.01
19	Jordan	60.82	0.02	65.86	0.02	66.05	0.02	69.09	0.02	69.48	0.02
20	Qatar	104.64	0.1	56.49	0.06	74.92	0.07	16.46	0.02	63.06	0.06
21	Djibouti	45.03	0.11	45.09	0.11	44.91	0.11	45.62	0.11	45.72	0.11
22	Syria	16.58	0	16.42	0	12.12	0	10.97	0	12.6	0
23	Burkina Faso	5.92	0	6.05	0	9.9	0	10.09	0	10.3	0
24	Bahrain	3.26	0.01	3.26	0.01	8.84	0.02	9.08	0.02	9.42	0.02
25	Israel	9.18	0	9.26	0	9.26	0	9.29	0	9.33	0
26	Russia	8.08	0	7.38	0	6.48	0	6.42	0	6.59	0
27	Mongolia	851.98	0.72	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	0
28	Senegal	0.31	0	1.18	0	1.08	0	1.14	0	1.04	0
29	Myanmar	4.62	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

The data come from FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, using element 5141 for food supply quantity in tonnes and element 665 for food supply quantity in grams per capita per day, for fat of camels, over 2019-2023. Of the 29 country rows, 28 reported a value in 2023. Comparisons between two years use only countries with values at both endpoints, which gives the same countries in both windows, and the country count and both totals come from that shared set. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base and are not calculated when that base is zero. Reported zeros are kept as values, blank cells are treated as missing data, and values under 1,000 tonnes are shown to two decimal places.