Total spice consumption fell 3.70% to 26.0 kt in South Africa in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, total spice consumption in South Africa reached an all time high of 31.0 kt in 2012 and an all time low of 6.93 kt in 1965. When compared to South Africa's main peers, total spice consumption in Botswana amounted to 5.00 kt, 2.00 kt in Lesotho, 4.00 kt in Namibia and 2.00 kt in Swaziland in 2020.
South Africa has been ranked 41st within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of total spice consumption, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Spice Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | kt | ... | 1.00 | ... | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kt | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kt | 1.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kt | ... | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kt | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kt | 28.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 27.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | |||
| Zambia | kt | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kt | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
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