Fruit consumption by type in South Africa
South Africa: Fruit consumption by type was 0 kilograms per year per capita in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
0 kilograms per year per capita
World rank
141st
of 185 countries
All-time high
0.1092 kilograms per year per capita
in 1978
All-time low
0 kilograms per year per capita
in 1979
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Fruit consumption by type in South Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per year per capita.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit consumption by type in South Africa is 0 kilograms per year per capita, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit consumption by type in South Africa peaked at 0.1092 kilograms per year per capita in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0 kilograms per year per capita, in 1979.
South Africa ranks 141st of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit consumption by type in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kilograms per year per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0633 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 1962 | 0.0947 kilograms per year per capita | +49.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0733 kilograms per year per capita | -22.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0626 kilograms per year per capita | -14.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0623 kilograms per year per capita | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0723 kilograms per year per capita | +16.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0718 kilograms per year per capita | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0816 kilograms per year per capita | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0812 kilograms per year per capita | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.101 kilograms per year per capita | +24.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0806 kilograms per year per capita | -20.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0402 kilograms per year per capita | -50.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0803 kilograms per year per capita | +99.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0601 kilograms per year per capita | -25.1% |
| 1975 | 0.07 kilograms per year per capita | +16.5% |
| 1976 | 0.03 kilograms per year per capita | -57.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0697 kilograms per year per capita | +132.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1092 kilograms per year per capita | +56.7% |
| 1979 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | -100.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0099 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 1981 | 0.0195 kilograms per year per capita | +98.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0775 kilograms per year per capita | +296.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0384 kilograms per year per capita | -50.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0285 kilograms per year per capita | -25.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0282 kilograms per year per capita | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0932 kilograms per year per capita | +230.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0646 kilograms per year per capita | -30.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0274 kilograms per year per capita | -57.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0363 kilograms per year per capita | +32.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0181 kilograms per year per capita | -50.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0181 kilograms per year per capita | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0182 kilograms per year per capita | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0183 kilograms per year per capita | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0184 kilograms per year per capita | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0186 kilograms per year per capita | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0187 kilograms per year per capita | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0188 kilograms per year per capita | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0188 kilograms per year per capita | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0189 kilograms per year per capita | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.019 kilograms per year per capita | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0191 kilograms per year per capita | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0192 kilograms per year per capita | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0193 kilograms per year per capita | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0291 kilograms per year per capita | +50.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0195 kilograms per year per capita | -33.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0489 kilograms per year per capita | +151.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0196 kilograms per year per capita | -59.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0098 kilograms per year per capita | -49.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0197 kilograms per year per capita | +100.1% |
| 2010 | 0.01 kilograms per year per capita | -49.2% |
| 2011 | 0.01 kilograms per year per capita | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | -100.0% |
| 2013 | 0.01 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 2014 | 0.01 kilograms per year per capita | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 2017 | 0.01 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 2018 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0.01 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 2020 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 2022 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | — |
| 2023 | 0 kilograms per year per capita | — |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0 kilograms per year per capita is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.05 kilograms per year per capita. (55 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0 kilograms per year per capita is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.02 kilograms per year per capita. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit consumption by type in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +296.5% | 0.0195 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0775 kilograms per year per capita |
| 1986 | +230.2% | 0.0282 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0932 kilograms per year per capita |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0737 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0623 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0947 kilograms per year per capita | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0641 kilograms per year per capita | 0 kilograms per year per capita | 0.1092 kilograms per year per capita | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0424 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0099 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0932 kilograms per year per capita | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0185 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0181 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0189 kilograms per year per capita | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0223 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0098 kilograms per year per capita | 0.0489 kilograms per year per capita | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.006 kilograms per year per capita | 0 kilograms per year per capita | 0.01 kilograms per year per capita | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 kilograms per year per capita | 0 kilograms per year per capita | 0 kilograms per year per capita | 4 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 138 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 kilograms per year per capita compare
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- 140 Macao 0.01 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Angola 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Bhutan 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Bolivia 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Burundi 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Chile 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Colombia 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Congo 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Cuba 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 East Timor 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Ecuador 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 El Salvador 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Ghana 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Guatemala 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Haiti 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Kiribati 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Laos 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Madagascar 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Malawi 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Mexico 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Myanmar 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 New Zealand 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Nicaragua 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Nigeria 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Papua New Guinea 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Peru 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Philippines 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Rwanda 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Saint Lucia 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Samoa 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Seychelles 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Sierra Leone 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Slovakia 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Solomon Islands 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 South Korea 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Tonga 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Uganda 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Vanuatu 0 kilograms per year per capita
- 141 Venezuela 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Vietnam 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Zambia 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
- 141 Zimbabwe 0 kilograms per year per capita compare
More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -4.01 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0094 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -61.95 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -2.16 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -192.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -33.37 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 16.18 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit consumption by type in South Africa?
- Fruit consumption by type in South Africa was 0 kilograms per year per capita in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fruit consumption by type recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1092 kilograms per year per capita in 1978.
- What is the lowest fruit consumption by type recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilograms per year per capita in 1979.
- How does South Africa rank for fruit consumption by type?
- South Africa ranks 141st out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fruit consumption by type rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Fruit consumption by type. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Quantity that is available for consumption at the end of the supply chain. It does not account for consumer waste, so the quantity that is actually consumed may be lower.