Coffee consumption per capita rose 80.0% to 2.07 kg in South Africa in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, coffee consumption per capita in South Africa reached an all time high of 2.07 kg in 2021 and an all time low of 0.260 kg in 1998. When compared to South Africa's main peers, coffee consumption per capita in Botswana amounted to 2.07 kg, 0.510 kg in Lesotho, 2.48 kg in Namibia and 0.740 kg in Swaziland in 2021.
South Africa has been ranked 86th within the group of 161 countries we follow in terms of coffee consumption per capita, 14 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Coffee 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 | 0.690 | 0.650 | 0.580 | 0.570 | 0.540 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kg | 1.38 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.17 | 1.14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kg | 0.130 | 0.260 | 2.45 | 0.380 | 0.640 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kg | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.090 | 0.080 | 0.060 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kg | 1.73 | 1.55 | 1.50 | 1.71 | 3.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kg | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 0.940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | 1.21 | 0.640 | 0.740 | 0.630 | 0.610 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kg | 0.420 | 0.420 | 0.170 | 0.100 | 0.220 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | 0.130 | 0.100 | 0.120 | 0.070 | 0.070 |
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