Eggs Primary — Production in South Africa
South Africa: Eggs Primary — Production was 433,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggs Primary — Production in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, eggs primary — production in South Africa stood at 433,000 t.
The figure is down 9.8% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in South Africa peaked at 594,000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 63,400 t, in 1961.
That places South Africa 32nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggs Primary — Production in South Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 66,100 t | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 67,300 t | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 68,400 t | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 90,490 t | +32.3% |
| 1966 | 100,000 t | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 106,230 t | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 115,600 t | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 125,570 t | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 111,560 t | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 107,300 t | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 110,940 t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 117,230 t | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 140,670 t | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 154,170 t | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 137,548 t | -10.8% |
| 1977 | 138,835 t | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 141,291 t | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 151,855 t | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 164,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 162,000 t | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 188,000 t | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 174,000 t | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 179,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 179,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 195,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 201,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 225,000 t | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 209,312 t | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 212,701 t | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 232,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 238,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 235,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 251,000 t | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 290,000 t | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 282,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 314,000 t | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 323,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 318,000 t | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 329,000 t | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 330,000 t | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 340,000 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 328,000 t | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 348,000 t | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 375,000 t | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 412,000 t | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 438,000 t | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 426,000 t | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 404,000 t | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 413,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 452,000 t | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 477,000 t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 468,000 t | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 453,000 t | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 523,086 t | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 477,934 t | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 445,099 t | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 475,615 t | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 565,000 t | +18.8% |
| 2020 | 594,000 t | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 549,000 t | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 562,000 t | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 480,000 t | -14.6% |
| 2024 | 433,000 t | -9.8% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 433,000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,317 t, 6.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 433,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11,590 t, 37.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,232 t | 63,400 t | 125,570 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,140 t | 107,300 t | 154,170 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 187,631 t | 162,000 t | 225,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 269,570 t | 212,701 t | 323,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 373,000 t | 328,000 t | 438,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 474,973 t | 413,000 t | 565,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 523,600 t | 433,000 t | 594,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 29 Cabo Verde 2,418 t compare
- 29 Peru 508,592 t compare
- 30 Uzbekistan 496,852 t compare
- 31 China, Taiwan Province of 433,442 t compare
- 33 Morocco 396,418 t compare
- 34 Saudi Arabia 377,065 t compare
- 35 Algeria 311,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1917 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.49 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — production in South Africa?
- Eggs primary — production in South Africa was 433,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 594,000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,400 t in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for eggs primary — production?
- South Africa ranks 32nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggs Primary — 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.