Coconut consumption per capita fell 9.76% to 0.370 kg in South Africa in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, coconut consumption per capita in South Africa reached an all time high of 0.550 kg in 2008 and an all time low of 0.290 kg in 1994. When compared to South Africa's main peers, coconut consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 0.040 kg, 0.020 kg in Lesotho, 0.040 kg in Namibia and 0.010 kg in Swaziland in 2021.
South Africa has been ranked 94th within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of coconut consumption per capita, 9 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Coconut 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 | ... | 0.120 | 0.120 | 0.120 | 0.120 | 0.110 | |||||||||||||||
Botswana | kg | 0.070 | 0.060 | 0.060 | 0.130 | 0.050 | ||||||||||||||||
Lesotho | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.110 | 0.020 | 0.030 | 0.050 | 0.010 | |||
Mozambique | kg | 1.40 | 1.13 | 0.630 | 0.300 | 4.67 | ||||||||||||||||
Namibia | kg | 0.140 | 0.020 | 0.100 | 0.130 | 0.080 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | kg | 0.490 | 0.490 | 0.350 | 0.500 | 0.460 | ||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | kg | ... | ... | 0.060 | 0.070 | 0.040 | 0.040 | 0.050 | ||||||||||||||
Zambia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | |||||||||||
Zimbabwe | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 |