Bovine Meat — Food in South Africa
South Africa: Bovine Meat — Food was 989 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bovine Meat — Food in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, bovine meat — food in South Africa stood at 989 1000 t.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bovine meat — food in South Africa peaked at 1,072 1000 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 875 1000 t, in 2012.
That places South Africa 14th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Bovine Meat — Food in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 895 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 881 1000 t | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 875 1000 t | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 962 1000 t | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 1,007 1000 t | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 1,062 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 1,072 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,000 1000 t | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 992 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,026 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1,024 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 978 1000 t | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 966 1000 t | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 989 1000 t | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 977.2 1000 t | 875 1000 t | 1,072 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 989.25 1000 t | 966 1000 t | 1,024 1000 t | 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 bovine meat — food in South Africa?
- Bovine meat — food in South Africa was 989 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bovine meat — food recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,072 1000 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest bovine meat — food recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 875 1000 t in 2012.
- How does South Africa rank for bovine meat — food?
- South Africa ranks 14th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bovine meat — food rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 — Food. 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.