All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin C supply — Value in South Africa
South Africa: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin C supply — Value was 39 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin C supply — Value in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa is 39 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa peaked at 45 mg/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 39 mg/cap/d, in 2016.
South Africa ranks 159th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin C supply — Value in South Africa, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 41 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 44 mg/cap/d | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 43 mg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 42 mg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 44 mg/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 45 mg/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 39 mg/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 41 mg/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 43 mg/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 43 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 41 mg/cap/d | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 39 mg/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 40 mg/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 39 mg/cap/d | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42.5 mg/cap/d | 39 mg/cap/d | 45 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.75 mg/cap/d | 39 mg/cap/d | 41 mg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa was 39 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 45 mg/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 39 mg/cap/d in 2016.
- How does South Africa rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value?
- South Africa ranks 159th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin c supply — value rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin C supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.