Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail in South Africa
South Africa: Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail was 1,239 million SLC in 2015. ▲ Rising
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail in South Africa, 2005–2015
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 1,239 million SLC for food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in 2015.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 96.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in South Africa peaked at 1,264 million SLC in 2012 and was at its lowest, 630.78 million SLC, in 2005.
That places South Africa 31st out of 60 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail in South Africa, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 630.78 million SLC | — |
| 2006 | 677.72 million SLC | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 682.37 million SLC | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 647.25 million SLC | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 749.66 million SLC | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 715.25 million SLC | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 1,074 million SLC | +50.1% |
| 2012 | 1,264 million SLC | +17.7% |
| 2013 | 1,232 million SLC | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,160 million SLC | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 1,239 million SLC | +6.9% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 1,239 million SLC is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,792 million SLC, 18% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 677.56 million SLC | 630.78 million SLC | 749.66 million SLC | 5 |
| 2010s | 1,114 million SLC | 715.25 million SLC | 1,264 million SLC | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
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 food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in South Africa?
- Food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail in South Africa was 1,239 million SLC in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,264 million SLC in 2012.
- What is the lowest food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 630.78 million SLC in 2005.
- How does South Africa rank for food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail?
- South Africa ranks 31st out of 60 countries with data for 2015.
- Is food and accommodation away from home (faafh) — wholesale and retail rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.5%. 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 Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Wholesale and retail trade — Labour — Value SLC, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This domain contains data on three food value measures, namely: (1) Food At Home (FAH); (2) Food and Tobacco at Home (FTAH); (3) Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH), disaggregated by four primary factors (Operating Surplus, Labor, Taxes, Imports) and by five food value chain industries (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco products; Transportation and storage; Wholesale and retail trade; Accommodation and food service activities). The three food value measures differ for the bundle of goods and services they account for. In particular, the FAH refers to domestic expenditures of personal consumption for food consumed at home, at purchaser prices. The FTAH measure is similar in its target, but it refers to a broader set of economic goods, inclusive of tobacco, as food and tobacco expenditures are not always separable in the original data. On the other side, the FAAFH refers to domestic expenditures of personal consumption for food consumed away from home (e.g. in restaurants), at purchaser prices, and it also includes expenditures for accommodation in all the cases where the two types of expenditures were not separable in the original data. The values of industry decomposition measure the food production value-added distribution across different industries and factors involved in the agri-food value chain. All these estimates are based on Leontief Input Ouput modeling and Industry reduction method. The Food Value Chain domain aims to supply informaiton relevant for the SDG 12 - sustainable consumption and production patterns, SDG 2 - zero hunger and SDG 1 - no poverty, that constitue guiding SDGs in the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 and its better production pillar. More in general they may inform national, regional and global food policy, including measures in the World Food Summit framework. Data are collected from national Supply and Use Tables (SUTs) and Industry by Industry Input Output tables (IOTs), via OECD database or NSOs. All input data are in line with the System of National Accounts (SNA) and main international classifications and standards related to environmental-economic accounting (respectively the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, SEEA AFF, and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, ISIC).