Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in South Africa
South Africa: Tea (including mate) — Import quantity was 20 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tea (including mate) — Import quantity in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea (including mate) — import quantity in South Africa is 20 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea (including mate) — import quantity in South Africa peaked at 28 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 20 1000 t, in 2022.
That places South Africa 26th out of 31 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.4 1000 t | 22 1000 t | 28 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.5 1000 t | 20 1000 t | 24 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea (including mate) — import quantity in South Africa?
- Tea (including mate) — import quantity in South Africa was 20 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea (including mate) — import quantity recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 28 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest tea (including mate) — import quantity recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 1000 t in 2022.
- How does South Africa rank for tea (including mate) — import quantity?
- South Africa ranks 26th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is tea (including mate) — import quantity rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. 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 Tea (including mate) — Import quantity. 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.