South Africa
In 2024
- Honey production
- 1,084 t (imputed)
- Beehives (as reported)
- 72,470 (imputed)
- Reported production per reported hive
- 15.0 kg
- Exports
- 573 t (imputed), $2,459 thousand
- Export unit value (nominal $ per kg)
- 4.29
- Imports
- 5,504 t (imputed), $5,862 thousand
- Import unit value (nominal $ per kg)
- 1.07
- Net trade (exports minus imports)
- −4,931 t
- Production change, 2014–2024
- −0 t (−0%)
- Production change, 2000–2024
- +9 t (+1%)
- Place among countries
- Production 78 of 121; exports by weight 53 of 148, by value 52 of 137; imports by weight 21 of 187
Year by year
| Year | Production (t) | Beehives | Exports (t) | Export unit value (nominal $ per kg) | Imports (t) | Import unit value (nominal $ per kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,084 (imputed) | 72,470 (imputed) | 573 (imputed) | 4.29 | 5,504 (imputed) | 1.07 |
| 2023 | 1,084 (imputed) | 72,119 (imputed) | 455 | 4.79 | 4,815 | 1.25 |
| 2022 | 1,084 (imputed) | 71,769 (imputed) | 406 | 5.35 | 2,629 | 1.18 |
| 2021 | 1,084 (imputed) | 71,529 (imputed) | 665 | 4.95 | 6,634 | 1.20 |
| 2020 | 1,084 (imputed) | 70,643 (imputed) | 660 | 4.09 | 6,003 | 1.60 |
| 2019 | 1,084 (imputed) | 70,515 (imputed) | 566 | 4.28 | 5,264 | 1.50 |
| 2018 | 1,083 (imputed) | 70,407 (imputed) | 475 | 5.07 | 4,409 | 1.50 |
| 2017 | 1,083 (imputed) | 70,230 (imputed) | 503 | 4.61 | 4,206 | 1.35 |
| 2016 | 1,082 (imputed) | 69,762 (imputed) | 372 | 4.28 | 3,986 | 1.34 |
| 2015 | 1,081 (imputed) | 68,850 (imputed) | 222 | 3.91 | 2,300 | 1.61 |
| 2014 | 1,084 (imputed) | 68,000 (FAO estimate) | 361 | 3.07 | 2,306 | 1.61 |
| 2013 | 1,086 (imputed) | 68,000 (FAO estimate) | 290 | 2.37 | 2,373 | 1.60 |
| 2012 | 1,080 (FAO estimate) | 67,000 (FAO estimate) | 21 | — | 2,152 | 1.38 |
| 2011 | 1,050 (FAO estimate) | 67,000 (FAO estimate) | 27 | — | 1,941 | 1.83 |
| 2010 | 1,082 (imputed) | 65,000 (FAO estimate) | 40 (from an external organisation) | — | 2,021 | 1.54 |
| 2009 | 1,140 (FAO estimate) | 65,000 (FAO estimate) | 64 | — | 1,270 | 1.41 |
| 2008 | 1,082 (imputed) | 60,000 (FAO estimate) | 93 | — | 860 | 1.60 |
| 2007 | 1,080 (imputed) | 60,000 (FAO estimate) | 36 | — | 1,469 | 1.56 |
| 2006 | 1,077 (imputed) | 60,000 (FAO estimate) | 41 | — | 1,866 | 1.32 |
| 2005 | 1,050 (FAO estimate) | 60,000 (FAO estimate) | 34 | — | 1,022 | 1.16 |
| 2004 | 1,076 (imputed) | 52,000 (FAO estimate) | 35 | — | 1,526 | 1.59 |
| 2003 | 1,077 (imputed) | 52,000 (FAO estimate) | 38 (from an external organisation) | — | 782 | 1.58 |
| 2002 | 1,077 (imputed) | 52,000 (FAO estimate) | 16 | — | 382 | 1.06 |
| 2001 | 1,076 (imputed) | 52,000 (FAO estimate) | 12 (from an external organisation) | — | 476 | 1.19 |
| 2000 | 1,076 (imputed) | 52,000 (FAO estimate) | 5 | — | 399 | 1.33 |
FAOSTAT, extracted 2026-09-29. A dash is a year with no figure, never a zero. A unit value is declared trade value divided by quantity for the same year, in that year’s dollars, and is left blank under 100 t; it is not a retail, wholesale or farm-gate price. Hive counts are counted differently between countries, and production per hive is not a beekeeper’s yield. The honeys of this origin: South Africa.