Fruit consumption per capita rose 10.5% to 5.99 kg in South Africa in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, fruit consumption per capita in South Africa reached an all time high of 9.86 kg in 2004 and an all time low of 4.89 kg in 2013. When compared to South Africa's main peers, fruit consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 17.0 kg, 8.06 kg in Lesotho, 21.7 kg in Namibia and 10.2 kg in Swaziland in 2017.
South Africa has been ranked 141st within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of fruit consumption per capita, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fruit 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 | 4.08 | 3.56 | 3.44 | 3.32 | 3.06 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kg | 16.8 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 12.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kg | 8.08 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 10.5 | 11.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kg | 8.74 | 8.30 | 8.34 | 8.24 | 9.70 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kg | 22.3 | 20.9 | 21.9 | 17.1 | 28.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kg | 4.71 | 4.66 | 4.35 | 3.57 | 4.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | 8.75 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kg | 6.22 | 6.80 | 6.54 | 5.95 | 6.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | 1.18 | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.40 | 2.03 |
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