Poultry meat production rose 2.14% to 1,958 kt in South Africa in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, poultry meat production in South Africa reached an all time high of 1,958 kt in 2022 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 1.38 kt, 0.939 kt in Lesotho, 16.6 kt in Namibia and 5.46 kt in Swaziland in 2022.
South Africa has been ranked 15th within the group of 158 countries we follow in terms of poultry meat production.
| 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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