Bovine Meat — Export quantity in South Africa
South Africa: Bovine Meat — Export quantity was 47 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bovine Meat — Export quantity in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 47 1000 t for bovine meat — export quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bovine meat — export quantity in South Africa peaked at 81 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9 1000 t, in 2010.
South Africa ranks 32nd of 175 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Bovine Meat — Export quantity in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 12 1000 t | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 10 1000 t | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 29 1000 t | +190.0% |
| 2014 | 41 1000 t | +41.4% |
| 2015 | 54 1000 t | +31.7% |
| 2016 | 59 1000 t | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 52 1000 t | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 48 1000 t | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 37 1000 t | -22.9% |
| 2020 | 53 1000 t | +43.2% |
| 2021 | 81 1000 t | +52.8% |
| 2022 | 46 1000 t | -43.2% |
| 2023 | 47 1000 t | +2.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 47 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1 1000 t, 47.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35.1 1000 t | 9 1000 t | 59 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.75 1000 t | 46 1000 t | 81 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 29 China, mainland 78 1000 t compare
- 30 United Arab Emirates 60 1000 t compare
- 31 China, Hong Kong SAR 49 1000 t compare
- 33 Russian Federation 45 1000 t compare
- 33 Russia 45 1000 t compare
- 35 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 42 1000 t compare
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 bovine meat — export quantity in South Africa?
- Bovine meat — export quantity in South Africa was 47 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bovine meat — export quantity recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 81 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest bovine meat — export quantity recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 1000 t in 2010.
- How does South Africa rank for bovine meat — export quantity?
- South Africa ranks 32nd out of 175 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bovine meat — export quantity rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bovine Meat — Export quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.