Total spice consumption rose 6.06% to 35.0 kt in South Africa in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in South Africa reached an all time high of 35.0 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 6.93 kt in 1965. When compared to South Africa's main peers, total spice consumption in Botswana amounted to 6.00 kt, 3.00 kt in Lesotho, 4.00 kt in Namibia and 3.00 kt in Swaziland in 2021.
South Africa has been ranked 40th within the group of 147 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Spice Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | kt | ... | 1.00 | ... | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kt | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kt | 1.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kt | ... | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kt | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kt | 28.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 27.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | |||
| Zambia | kt | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kt | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
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