Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in South Africa
South Africa: Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 58,286 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 58,286 t for edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.2% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in South Africa peaked at 64,002 t in 1972 and was at its lowest, 34,139 t, in 1997.
South Africa ranks 10th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in South Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,735 t | — |
| 1962 | 36,429 t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 35,388 t | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 35,735 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 41,286 t | +15.5% |
| 1966 | 43,367 t | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 44,755 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 53,429 t | +19.4% |
| 1969 | 61,408 t | +14.9% |
| 1970 | 54,778 t | -10.8% |
| 1971 | 59,099 t | +7.9% |
| 1972 | 64,002 t | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 46,459 t | -27.4% |
| 1974 | 38,295 t | -17.6% |
| 1975 | 40,643 t | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 43,424 t | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 42,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 44,275 t | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 46,168 t | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 46,168 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 46,247 t | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 46,316 t | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 46,490 t | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 46,490 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 46,837 t | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 38,163 t | -18.5% |
| 1987 | 44,061 t | +15.5% |
| 1988 | 45,102 t | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 46,143 t | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 46,143 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 63,698 t | +38.0% |
| 1992 | 58,251 t | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 53,255 t | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 39,031 t | -26.7% |
| 1995 | 34,833 t | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 36,949 t | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 34,139 t | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 34,347 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 39,239 t | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 35,492 t | -9.5% |
| 2001 | 36,082 t | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 36,429 t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 41,633 t | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 48,190 t | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 46,802 t | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 47,218 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 58,980 t | +24.9% |
| 2008 | 56,794 t | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 56,620 t | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 54,261 t | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 50,584 t | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 54,192 t | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 61,703 t | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 63,826 t | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 58,355 t | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 58,770 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 54,054 t | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 56,291 t | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 56,551 t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 55,857 t | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 54,122 t | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 55,892 t | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 52,908 t | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 58,286 t | +10.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 58,286 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 394.98 t, 147.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 58,286 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 876.51 t, 66.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,059 t | 35,388 t | 61,408 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,914 t | 38,295 t | 64,002 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,202 t | 38,163 t | 46,837 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,988 t | 34,139 t | 63,698 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,424 t | 35,492 t | 58,980 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,859 t | 50,584 t | 63,826 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,413 t | 52,908 t | 58,286 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 7 Sudan (former) 100,285 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 14,170 t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,489 t compare
- 8 Pakistan 71,690 t compare
- 9 Sudan 59,932 t compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 576.54 t compare
- 11 New Zealand 55,751 t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 534.66 t compare
- 12 Algeria 46,048 t compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 171.02 t compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 38,003 t compare
- 13 Melanesia 117.33 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 edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in South Africa?
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in South Africa was 58,286 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 64,002 t in 1972.
- What is the lowest edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,139 t in 1997.
- How does South Africa rank for edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- South Africa ranks 10th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. 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 Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.