. 2020 Nov 5;7:558481. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.558481

Table 5.

Production of whole fresh camel milk and indigenous camel meat in North Africa compared to other countries of Africa and Arabic peninsula.

	2011		2017
Camel production (Tons)	Milk^a	Meat^b	Milk	Meat
Country
Morocco	8,374	4,296	8,374	3,000
Algeria	13,500	5,190	14,004	5,948
Tunisia	1,200	1,435	1,092	ND
Libya	2,500	5,105	3,000	ND
Egypt	ND	28,871	ND	ND
Chad	18,004	1,242	64,634	ND
Somalia	1,080,000	62,644	953,673	ND
Sudan	ND	ND	60,897	ND
Kenya	890,276	64,500	876,224	ND
Djibouti	6,456	12,357	6,043	ND
Saudi Arabia	98,000	22,112	134,266	ND
UAE	45,535	27,296	54,024	ND
Yemen	12,851	2,720	13,431	ND
Qatar	5,277	ND	8,590	ND

Tons of whole fresh camel milk according to FAO (369).

Tons of indigenous camel meat according to FAO (369). Many countries do not only consume locally produced animals but also import dromedary camels raised in other countries.