Apple consumption per capita rose 438% to 22.6 kg in South Africa in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, apple consumption per capita in South Africa reached an all time high of 22.6 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 1.22 kg in 1963. When compared to South Africa's main peers, apple consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 12.2 kg, 2.00 kg in Lesotho, 8.62 kg in Namibia and 5.76 kg in Swaziland in 2021.
South Africa has been ranked 16th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of apple consumption per capita, 62 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Apple Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | kg | 1.14 | 0.440 | 0.600 | 0.640 | 0.370 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kg | 5.42 | 6.90 | 5.55 | 4.65 | 7.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kg | 2.04 | 2.72 | 2.27 | 2.58 | 2.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kg | 0.280 | 0.110 | 0.420 | 0.360 | 0.200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kg | 26.3 | 25.9 | 20.7 | 10.6 | 14.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kg | 4.76 | 5.16 | 5.06 | 4.23 | 4.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | 5.23 | 5.73 | 5.94 | 6.06 | 5.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kg | 1.01 | 0.870 | 0.430 | 0.330 | 0.370 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | 1.47 | 1.37 | 0.870 | 0.770 | 0.510 |
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