Egg consumption per capita fell 7.65% to 7.00 kg in South Africa in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, egg consumption per capita in South Africa reached an all time high of 7.58 kg in 2020 and an all time low of 2.45 kg in 1962. When compared to South Africa's main peers, egg consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 1.42 kg, 0.700 kg in Lesotho, 0.960 kg in Namibia and 1.51 kg in Swaziland in 2021.
South Africa has been ranked 85th within the group of 164 countries we follow in terms of egg consumption per capita.
| Egg 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 | 0.430 | 0.120 | 0.090 | 0.070 | 0.070 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kg | 1.25 | 1.40 | 1.01 | 1.30 | 1.31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kg | 1.07 | 0.820 | 0.910 | 0.510 | 0.590 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kg | 1.58 | 1.65 | 2.10 | 1.84 | 1.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kg | 1.50 | 1.22 | 1.27 | 1.14 | 1.03 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kg | 6.85 | 6.20 | 5.81 | 5.91 | 7.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | 1.30 | 1.70 | 1.95 | 1.72 | 2.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kg | 3.32 | 3.29 | 3.26 | 3.16 | 3.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | 1.05 | 1.18 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.24 |
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