Poultry meat production rose 1.86% to 1,922 kt in South Africa in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, poultry meat production in South Africa reached an all time high of 1,922 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 34.9 kt in 1961. When compared to South Africa's main peers, poultry meat production in Botswana amounted to 4.02 kt, 0.932 kt in Lesotho, 15.6 kt in Namibia and 5.78 kt in Swaziland in 2021.
South Africa has been ranked 15th within the group of 161 countries we follow in terms of poultry meat production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Poultry Meat Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Angola | kt | 39.5 | 40.5 | 41.5 | 49.0 | 52.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kt | 1.59 | 1.32 | 1.64 | 1.41 | 1.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kt | 1.84 | 1.92 | 1.25 | 0.298 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kt | 79.0 | 92.2 | 101 | 112 | 124 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kt | 15.2 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 16.2 | 16.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kt | 1,685 | 1,665 | 1,750 | 1,821 | 1,894 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kt | 5.92 | 5.69 | 5.94 | 5.69 | 5.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kt | 46.8 | 47.4 | 47.9 | 49.5 | 50.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kt | 81.1 | 92.3 | 80.4 | 115 | 112 |
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