Vegetables and their products — Vitamin C supply — Value in South Africa
South Africa: Vegetables and their products — Vitamin C supply — Value was 13 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin C 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 vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa is 13 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa peaked at 14 mg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 12 mg/cap/d, in 2019.
That places South Africa 146th out of 163 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.
Vegetables and their products — Vitamin C supply — Value in South Africa, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 14 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13 mg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 13 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 mg/cap/d | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 13 mg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 14 mg/cap/d | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 13 mg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 12 mg/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 13 mg/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 13 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 mg/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 13 mg/cap/d | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.4 mg/cap/d | 12 mg/cap/d | 14 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.75 mg/cap/d | 12 mg/cap/d | 13 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 144 Comoros 14 mg/cap/d compare
- 144 Costa Rica 14 mg/cap/d compare
- 146 Guinea-Bissau 13 mg/cap/d compare
- 146 Panama 13 mg/cap/d compare
- 146 Sao Tome and Principe 13 mg/cap/d 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 vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa?
- Vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value in South Africa was 13 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14 mg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 mg/cap/d in 2019.
- How does South Africa rank for vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value?
- South Africa ranks 146th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables and their products — vitamin c supply — value rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Vegetables and their products — Vitamin C 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.