Milk and milk products — Potassium supply — Value in South Africa
South Africa: Milk and milk products — Potassium supply — Value was 173 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Milk and milk products — Potassium supply — Value in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk and milk products — potassium supply — value in South Africa is 173 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk and milk products — potassium supply — value in South Africa peaked at 173 mg/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 129 mg/cap/d, in 2013.
That places South Africa 112th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Milk and milk products — Potassium supply — Value in South Africa, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 154 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 148 mg/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 151 mg/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 129 mg/cap/d | -14.6% |
| 2014 | 152 mg/cap/d | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 166 mg/cap/d | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 163 mg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 171 mg/cap/d | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 140 mg/cap/d | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 173 mg/cap/d | +23.6% |
| 2020 | 167 mg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 170 mg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 173 mg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 173 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 154.7 mg/cap/d | 129 mg/cap/d | 173 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 170.75 mg/cap/d | 167 mg/cap/d | 173 mg/cap/d | 4 |
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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 milk and milk products — potassium supply — value in South Africa?
- Milk and milk products — potassium supply — value in South Africa was 173 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk and milk products — potassium supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 173 mg/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest milk and milk products — potassium supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 129 mg/cap/d in 2013.
- How does South Africa rank for milk and milk products — potassium supply — value?
- South Africa ranks 112th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk and milk products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. 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 Milk and milk products — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.