Rice and products — Food in South Africa
South Africa: Rice and products — Food was 1,543 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food in South Africa stood at 1,543 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.7% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food in South Africa peaked at 1,543 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,161 1000 t, in 2010.
South Africa ranks 29th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food in South Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,161 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,177 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,195 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 1,264 1000 t | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 1,265 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,278 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,294 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,300 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,303 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,214 1000 t | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 1,311 1000 t | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 1,281 1000 t | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,345 1000 t | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 1,543 1000 t | +14.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,245 1000 t | 1,161 1000 t | 1,303 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,370 1000 t | 1,281 1000 t | 1,543 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 26 Kenya 1,691 1000 t compare
- 27 Sierra Leone 1,622 1000 t compare
- 28 Saudi Arabia 1,616 1000 t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 46 1000 t compare
- 30 China, Taiwan Province of 1,423 1000 t compare
- 31 Mozambique 1,366 1000 t compare
- 32 Afghanistan 1,338 1000 t 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 rice and products — food in South Africa?
- Rice and products — food in South Africa was 1,543 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,543 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,161 1000 t in 2010.
- How does South Africa rank for rice and products — food?
- South Africa ranks 29th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. 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 Rice and products — Food. 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.