Avocado production rose 25.3% to 103,602 tonnes in South Africa in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, avocado production in South Africa reached an all time high of 127,568 tonnes in 2018 and an all time low of 4,011 tonnes in 1966.
South Africa has been ranked 18th within the group of 62 countries we follow in terms of avocado production, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Avocado Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Angola | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 73,007 | 48,996 | 50,087 | 51,910 | 52,488 | |||
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| Namibia | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| South Africa | tonnes | 89,546 | 63,045 | 127,568 | 83,623 | 84,775 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | tonnes | 860 | 869 | 885 | 871 | 875 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Zimbabwe | tonnes | 1,800 | 3,000 | 5,300 | 5,300 | 5,800 |
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