Fruits - Excluding Wine — Food supply quantity in South Africa
South Africa: Fruits - Excluding Wine — Food supply quantity was 26.41 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fruits - Excluding Wine — Food supply quantity in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity in South Africa stood at 26.41 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 24.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity in South Africa peaked at 37.2 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 19.53 kg/cap, in 2020.
That places South Africa 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Fruits - Excluding Wine — Food supply quantity in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30.56 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 35.19 kg/cap | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 30.38 kg/cap | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 29.91 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 31.42 kg/cap | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 29.36 kg/cap | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 22.67 kg/cap | -22.8% |
| 2017 | 23.84 kg/cap | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 26.55 kg/cap | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 27.36 kg/cap | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 19.53 kg/cap | -28.6% |
| 2021 | 37.2 kg/cap | +90.5% |
| 2022 | 34.91 kg/cap | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 26.41 kg/cap | -24.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 28.72 kg/cap | 22.67 kg/cap | 35.19 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.51 kg/cap | 19.53 kg/cap | 37.2 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 149 Bangladesh 30.35 kg/cap compare
- 150 Tajikistan 29.71 kg/cap compare
- 151 Yemen 26.47 kg/cap compare
- 153 Marshall Islands 25.42 kg/cap compare
- 154 Pakistan 24.05 kg/cap compare
- 155 Mauritania 22.01 kg/cap 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 fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity in South Africa?
- Fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity in South Africa was 26.41 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 37.2 kg/cap in 2021.
- What is the lowest fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.53 kg/cap in 2020.
- How does South Africa rank for fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity?
- South Africa ranks 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fruits - excluding wine — food supply quantity rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruits - Excluding Wine — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.