Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 65,627 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cheese (all kinds) — production in Southern Africa is 65,627 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and down 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Southern Africa peaked at 102,853 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 15,078 t, in 1966.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 27 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,415 t | — |
| 1962 | 17,198 t | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 16,328 t | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 15,874 t | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 15,632 t | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 15,078 t | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 19,399 t | +28.7% |
| 1968 | 21,737 t | +12.1% |
| 1969 | 23,220 t | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 18,586 t | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 18,684 t | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 20,391 t | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 22,157 t | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 20,827 t | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 23,530 t | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 31,188 t | +32.5% |
| 1977 | 30,511 t | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 28,969 t | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 35,459 t | +22.4% |
| 1980 | 34,274 t | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 36,734 t | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 38,013 t | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 38,405 t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 38,155 t | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 36,027 t | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 37,558 t | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 42,666 t | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 42,191 t | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 45,257 t | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 44,727 t | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 41,577 t | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 34,732 t | -16.5% |
| 1993 | 37,522 t | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 40,129 t | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 40,068 t | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 41,954 t | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 38,882 t | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 40,535 t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 43,499 t | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 39,586 t | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 42,346 t | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 37,856 t | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 39,332 t | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 39,462 t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 71,926 t | +82.3% |
| 2006 | 75,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 76,539 t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 75,826 t | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 75,826 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 86,678 t | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 90,221 t | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 94,542 t | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 95,674 t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 60,174 t | -37.1% |
| 2015 | 57,395 t | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 58,702 t | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 58,620 t | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 102,853 t | +75.5% |
| 2019 | 61,818 t | -39.9% |
| 2020 | 67,351 t | +9.0% |
| 2021 | 64,797 t | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 63,799 t | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 65,627 t | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,098 t | 15,078 t | 23,220 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,030 t | 18,586 t | 35,459 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,928 t | 34,274 t | 45,257 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,363 t | 34,732 t | 44,727 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,370 t | 37,856 t | 76,539 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,668 t | 57,395 t | 102,853 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,393 t | 63,799 t | 67,351 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 21 Greece 263,596 t compare
- 22 China 232,460 t compare
- 22 China, mainland 232,460 t compare
- 24 Czechia 218,404 t compare
- 25 Switzerland 216,417 t compare
- 26 Mexico 193,285 t compare
- 27 Czechoslovakia 178,798 t compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1597 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 1,026 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 118,389 t (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 837 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Southern Africa?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Southern Africa was 65,627 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 102,853 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,078 t in 1966.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.