Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South Africa
South Africa: Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 711 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 711 1000 An for meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South Africa peaked at 711 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 240 1000 An, in 1961.
That places South Africa 34th out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 240 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 245 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 250 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 255 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 260 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 330 1000 An | +26.9% |
| 1967 | 270 1000 An | -18.2% |
| 1968 | 275 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 280 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 280 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 285 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 290 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 295 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 300 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 310 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 320 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 325 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 330 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 335 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 340 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 345 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 345 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 345 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 350 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 355 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 360 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 365 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 365 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 365 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 370 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 380 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 385 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 390 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 395 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 410 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 390 1000 An | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 410 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 465 1000 An | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 485 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 625 1000 An | +28.9% |
| 2005 | 625 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 580 1000 An | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 630 1000 An | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 645 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 650 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 655 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 660 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 667 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 674 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 676 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 680 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 682 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 686 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 684 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 685 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 687 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 703 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 702 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 707 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 711 1000 An | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267.22 1000 An | 240 1000 An | 330 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 296 1000 An | 280 1000 An | 310 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 339 1000 An | 320 1000 An | 355 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 378.5 1000 An | 360 1000 An | 410 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 550.5 1000 An | 390 1000 An | 650 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 674.9 1000 An | 655 1000 An | 686 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 702 1000 An | 687 1000 An | 711 1000 An | 5 |
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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 meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South Africa?
- Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South Africa was 711 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 711 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 1000 An in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- South Africa ranks 34th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.