Raw Milk of Camel Consumption by Country

Pakistan had the largest reported supply of raw camel milk in 2023, at 956,000 tonnes, or about 39.1 percent of the listed total. Kenya ranked second at 871,053 tonnes and had the highest per-person supply, at 43.12 grams a day. The listed 2023 total was 2,445,953 tonnes across 24 country rows, 23 of which reported a value for that year. These FAO figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount people actually drank.

Ethiopia placed third by volume at 214,953 tonnes, and the three leading countries together accounted for about 83.5 percent of the listed 2023 total, with Pakistan alone holding roughly 39.1 percent of it. Pakistan and Kenya together dominate this table, and the gap to Ethiopia in third is unusually wide.

• Kenya recorded the largest listed gain by volume.
• Pakistan added 12,000 tonnes, up 1.3 percent.
• Mongolia lost about a seventh of its 2022 level.
• Qatar lost 712 tonnes, down 4.1 percent.

Raw Milk of Camel Consumption

Export

Excel (.xlsx) CSV Document PDF Document PNG Image

#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Pakistan PK	956K	10.58
2	Kenya KE	871.05K	43.12
3	Ethiopia ET	214.95K	4.58
4	Saudi Arabia SA	125.03K	10.3
5	Niger NE	96.75K	10.13
6	United Arab Emirates AE	42.69K	10.99
7	Mauritania MR	25.34K	13.82
8	China CN	21.09K	0.04
9	Kazakhstan KZ	18.2K	2.45
10	Qatar QA	16.55K	15.22
11	Algeria DZ	14.26K	0.85
12	Morocco MA	8.68K	0.63
13	Mongolia MN	8.19K	6.54
14	Turkmenistan TM	7.28K	2.71
15	Afghanistan AF	6.83K	0.45
16	Djibouti DJ	5.83K	13.85
17	Yemen YE	3.02K	0.21
18	Libya LY	2.01K	0.75
19	Tunisia TN	1.06K	0.24
20	Senegal SN	552.3	0.08
21	Iraq IQ	290.66	0.02
22	Burkina Faso BF	258.71	0.03
23	Russia RU	28.16	0

Kenya Jumps in Raw Milk of Camel

Kenya added 138,781 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 18.9 percent to 871,053 tonnes. Pakistan added 12,000 tonnes, up 1.3 percent, and Ethiopia added 2,507 tonnes, up 1.2 percent. Mongolia lost 1,475 tonnes, down 15.3 percent, and Qatar lost 712 tonnes, down 4.1 percent. The countries with a value in both years rose from 2,289,978 tonnes to 2,445,953 tonnes, up 155,975 tonnes, or 6.8 percent, and every reporting country appears in both years.

Kenya's Camel Milk Supply Falls Over Five Years

Between 2019 and 2023, the 21 countries with a value in both years fell from 1,511,502 tonnes to 1,471,753 tonnes, down 39,749 tonnes, or 2.6 percent. This comparison excludes Pakistan, which has no 2019 value, so the decline describes the shared set and not the full listed total. Kenya recorded the largest decline within that set, losing 92,536 tonnes, down 9.6 percent, while Turkmenistan shed 9,880 tonnes, down 57.6 percent, and Qatar gave up 3,598 tonnes, down 17.9 percent. Ethiopia added 44,318 tonnes, up 26.0 percent, the Emirates added 17,403 tonnes, up 68.8 percent, and China added 4,341 tonnes, up 25.9 percent. Kazakhstan entered the comparison with a 2023 value and no 2019 value, while Ukraine left it.

Kenya Leads Camel Milk Supply per Person

Kenya recorded 43.12 grams a day in 2023, ahead of Qatar at 15.22 grams in second and Djibouti at 13.85 grams in third. Mauritania sat fourth at 13.82 grams. Kenya therefore ranks second by volume and first per person, while Pakistan, first by volume, stands far lower on the per-person measure.

What the Camel Milk Data Measures

Raw camel milk 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 Ukraine, which has no value after 2019. Pakistan, the largest supplier, has no 2019 or 2020 values, so it sits in the annual total but outside the five-year comparison, and the five-year trend should not be read as the trend of the full listed total.

Raw Milk of Camel Consumption by Country

Download

Excel (.xlsx) CSV PDF PNG

#	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	Pakistan	-	-	-	-	932K	10.66	944K	10.61	956K	10.58
2	Kenya	963.59K	51.56	941.51K	49.4	900.24K	46.34	732.27K	36.98	871.05K	43.12
3	Ethiopia	170.64K	4.04	230.23K	5.3	208.85K	4.68	212.45K	4.64	214.95K	4.58
4	Saudi Arabia	123.12K	11.07	124.7K	11.02	126.17K	11.03	124.79K	10.63	125.03K	10.3
5	Niger	99.51K	11.88	100.8K	11.64	95K	10.62	95.88K	10.38	96.75K	10.13
6	United Arab Emirates	25.29K	7.39	39.6K	11.48	52.33K	14.65	40.93K	10.95	42.69K	10.99
7	Mauritania	24.9K	15.27	24.83K	14.79	25.09K	14.52	25.46K	14.31	25.34K	13.82
8	China	16.75K	0.03	16.89K	0.03	18.22K	0.04	20.16K	0.04	21.09K	0.04
9	Kazakhstan	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.2K	2.35	18.2K	2.45
10	Qatar	20.15K	19.73	19.58K	19.14	18.83K	18.33	17.27K	16.35	16.55K	15.22
11	Algeria	13.93K	0.88	14.23K	0.89	14.5K	0.89	14.14K	0.85	14.26K	0.85
12	Morocco	8.39K	0.63	8.43K	0.63	8.46K	0.63	8.58K	0.63	8.68K	0.63
13	Mongolia	8.12K	6.88	9.57K	7.97	7.06K	5.79	9.67K	7.82	8.19K	6.54
14	Turkmenistan	17.16K	6.91	16.94K	6.68	8.73K	3.37	7.28K	2.76	7.28K	2.71
15	Afghanistan	6.82K	0.49	6.86K	0.48	6.8K	0.47	6.84K	0.46	6.83K	0.45
16	Djibouti	5.76K	14.48	5.76K	14.28	5.75K	14.05	5.82K	14.02	5.83K	13.85
17	Yemen	2.82K	0.22	2.51K	0.19	3.1K	0.23	2.97K	0.21	3.02K	0.21
18	Libya	2.45K	0.97	2.65K	1.03	1.51K	0.58	2.11K	0.8	2.01K	0.75
19	Tunisia	1.06K	0.25	1.07K	0.24	1.06K	0.24	1.06K	0.24	1.06K	0.24
20	Senegal	537.3	0.09	540.38	0.09	541.44	0.09	548.17	0.09	552.3	0.08
21	Iraq	228.89	0.02	242.64	0.02	249.97	0.02	277.17	0.02	290.66	0.02
22	Burkina Faso	262.87	0.03	251.84	0.03	261.77	0.03	262.43	0.03	258.71	0.03
23	Russia	28.63	0	28.27	0	28.49	0	28.36	0	28.16	0
24	Ukraine	48.43	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 raw milk of camel, over 2019-2023. Of the 24 country rows, 23 reported a value in 2023. Comparisons between two years use only countries with values at both endpoints, which gives 23 countries for 2022-2023 and 21 for 2019-2023, 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 decimals.