In terms of numbers there will be almost 1,300 million more people having to be fed there than today and even by 2030 the increase will be of the order of almost 500 million.

Regarding chicken meat production, currently Africa produces around 5 million tonnes a year or some 5 per cent of an estimated world output of 99 million tonnes (Table 1).

Table 1. Indigenous* chicken meat production (million tonnes)
Region	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014E	2015F
Africa	2.8	3.3	3.4	3.7	4.0	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.9	4.9
Americas	27.1	32.7	33.7	35.0	37.5	36.9	38.8	40.0	40.5	42.1	42.8	43.4
Asia	18.6	22.4	23.5	25.0	26.2	28.0	29.2	30.3	31.6	32.2	32.1	32.7
Europe	9.5	10.9	10.8	11.6	12.1	13.3	13.9	14.6	15.5	16.1	16.5	16.7
Oceania	0.7	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3
WORLD	58.7	70.3	72.3	76.2	80.7	83.4	87.4	90.6	93.3	96.3	97.5	99.0
Broiler meat production (million tonnes)
WORLD	50.1	63.1	64.3	68.3	72.8	73.6	78.2	81.4	83.4	84.6	86.4	87.3
*Meat from the slaughter of birds originating in a country, plus the meat equivalent of any such birds exported live.
E 2014 and F 2015 author's estimates and forecasts for chicken meat, F 2015 USDA forecast for broiler meat.
Regional figures may not add up to the world totals due to rounding.
Source: FAO for chicken meat, USDA for broiler meat

Over the period 2000 to 2013, which is the last year for official data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), production of chicken meat, table birds plus culled layers, in Africa expanded by a little over 4 per cent per year compared with a global figure of just under 4 per cent.

Consequently, Africa’s share of the world total has improved a shade from 4.7 to 4.9 per cent. Incidentally, for the same period the USDA, which makes assessments of global broiler production, calculates a growth rate of 4.1 per cent as output has climbed from 50.1 million tonnes to 84.6 million tonnes (Table 1).

Long-term forecasts for poultry meat production point to an annual growth of less than 2.5 per cent as the total amounts to around 134.5 million tonnes by 2023. As chicken meat represents around 88 per cent of poultry meat output, chicken production is likely to exceed 118 million tonnes at that time, with Africa supplying around 6 million tonnes.

Chicken meat production in Africa increased by almost 2 million tonnes between 2000 and 2013 with all bar a handful of countries recording substantial growth (Table 2).

Table 2. Chicken meat production in Africa ('000 tonnes eviscerated weight)
Country	2000	2005	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Algeria	235.3	249.6	249.5	249.6	253.8	255.9	261.3
Angola	7.6	7.5	15.6	19.0	21.8	25.4	29.7
Benin	12.2	15.4	21.4	22.2	23.5	23.7	24.1
Botswana	3.6	4.8	4.5	4.4	5.7	6.1	6.8
Burkina Faso	27.0	30.8	35.3	37.2	38.3	38.4	37.9
Burundi	5.8	6.5	6.7	6.8	6.8	3.8	3.6
Cameroon	21.2	53.2	63.8	67.8	69.8	70.2	71.8
Cabo Verde	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8
Central African Rep	3.2	4.2	5.5	5.7	5.9	6.0	6.0
Chad	4.7	4.9	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4
Comoros	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Congo	4.4	5.6	6.0	6.2	6.5	6.6	6.7
Congo Dem Rep	11.4	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.5	11.2	11.3
Cote d'Ivoire	21.9	21.7	23.2	34.7	33.2	41.5	47.1
Egypt	511.8	569.7	671.2	744.0	796.2	822.3	834.1
Equatorial Guinea	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Eritrea	1.7	2.1	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Ethiopia	37.6	42.5	50.4	59.2	53.9	60.4	61.8
Gabon	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.7
Gambia	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.5	1.6
Ghana	19.0	26.5	32.9	35.6	36.9	42.7	47.4
Guinea	4.1	5.6	6.7	6.4	6.2	6.3	6.5
Guinea-Bissau	1.1	1.4	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9
Kenya	18.6	24.6	28.6	30.9	26.5	24.7	25.8
Lesotho	1.8	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Liberia	6.4	8.5	10.4	10.9	11.4	11.6	11.6
Libya	96.9	98.8	115.2	118.8	122.4	124.2	125.0
Madagascar	31.7	35.4	36.9	36.3	36.0	35.8	38.4
Malawi	15.3	15.8	21.3	21.4	22.4	22.5	22.8
Mali	29.2	34.9	41.0	41.7	41.3	42.1	44.3
Mauritania	4.0	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Mauritius	21.1	33.3	44.9	46.5	48.4	48.6	48.4
Morocco	238.3	361.1	486.5	558.8	586.2	557.5	599.3
Mozambique	28.8	17.1	29.7	28.3	27.0	23.1	23.1
Namibia	4.0	3.5	6.8	6.8	7.2	7.6	7.7
Niger	11.0	11.7	16.2	16.6	16.6	16.8	17.2
Nigeria	158.8	218.5	272.9	245.0	144.7	155.5	170.0
Reunion	13.3	14.1	15.7	16.8	17.0	17.2	17.2
Rwanda	1.4	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.1
Sao Tome/Principe	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Senegal	23.0	29.0	39.3	45.4	55.7	56.6	64.5
Seychelles	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0
Sierra Leone	5.4	4.5	11.9	13.0	13.7	14.4	15.1
Somalia	3.2	3.7	3.1	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6
South Africa	818.7	948.7	1387.3	1473.4	1485.6	1488.6	1497.0
Sudan (former)	25.8	26.0	27.3	37.3	39.3	44.3	44.3
Swaziland	3.8	5.2	4.3	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.9
Tanzania Un Rep	44.2	51.2	48.3	79.3	92.1	83.7	86.5
Togo	12.0	17.6	26.0	28.4	29.6	31.2	32.0
Tunisia	86.0	86.3	101.8	111.6	106.9	126.3	138.8
Uganda	43.6	50.4	50.3	56.3	60.1	60.1	61.6
Zambia	35.0	39.4	40.0	42.5	42.8	43.7	45.6
Zimbabwe	33.5	52.2	62.5	61.8	64.1	64.4	64.7
AFRICA	2755.4	3269.7	4155.2	4469.5	4498.9	4554.7	4691.0
Source: FAO

In 2013, close to 70 per cent of the regional total was produced in just four countries, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria, whereas the top seven accounted for 3.63 million tonnes or some 77 per cent (Tables 2 and 3).

South Africa is easily the leading producer (Table 4 and figure 1). However, although expansion averaged 4.6 per cent per year between 2000 and 2010, since then annual output of chicken meat has shown little growth at around 1.5 million tonnes.

Table 3. Chicken meat production ranking in Africa 2013 ('000 tonnes)
South Africa	497.0
Egypt	834.1
Morocco	599.3
Algeria	261.3
Nigeria	170.0
Tunisia	138.8
Libya	125.0
Tanzania Un Rep	86.5
Cameroon	71.8
Zimbabwe	64.7
Senegal	64.5
Ethiopia	61.8
Uganda	61.6
Mauritius	48.4
Ghana	47.4
Cote d'Ivoire	47.1
Zambia	45.6
Sudan (former)	44.3
Mali	44.3
Madagascar	38.4
Burkina Faso	37.9
Togo	32.0
Angola	29.7
Kenya	25.8
Benin	24.1
Mozambique	23.1
Malawi	22.8
Reunion	17.2
Niger	17.2
Sierra Leone	15.1
Liberia	11.6
Congo Dem Rep	11.3
Namibia	7.7
Botswana	6.8
Congo	6.7
Guinea	6.5
Central African Rep	6.0
Chad	5.4
Swaziland	4.9
Mauritania	4.6
Gabon	3.7
Somalia	3.6
Burundi	3.6
Rwanda	2.1
Guinea-Bissau	1.9
Eritrea	1.7
Lesotho	1.6
Gambia	1.6
Seychelles	1.0
Cabo Verde	0.8
Sao Tome/Principe	0.7
Comoros	0.6
Equatorial Guinea	0.2
Source: FAO

Table 4. Leading chicken meat producers in Africa ('000 tonnes)
Country	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
South Africa	898	907	949	971	1125	1328	1387	1473	1486	1489	1497
Egypt	563	585	570	617	705	629	671	744	796	822	834
Morocco	314	318	361	364	372	436	487	559	586	558	599
Algeria	251	250	250	249	250	251	250	250	254	256	261
Nigeria	200	210	219	232	243	260	273	245	145	156	170
Tunisia	89	95	86	78	95	102	102	112	107	126	139
Source: FAO

Figure 1. South Africa and Egypt head the group of leading producers in the region ('000 tonnes)

South African Poultry Association (SAPA) figures, which apply to commercial and subsistence chicken production, show a similar trend though at the higher level of 1.7 million tonnes for the latter years.

Another series, compiled by the USDA on broiler production in South Africa for the period 2013 to and including 2015 shows little change around an annual figure of 1.4 million tonnes.

While the demand for chicken continues to outstrip supply, South African producers are having to face increased competition from imports. Indeed, the Association foresees ongoing battles against unfair trade practices as one of the major challenges to industry growth. Nevertheless, it is anticipated that production could reach 1.8 million tonnes in the next decade.

Egypt is the second largest producer having managed a near 4 per cent per year growth rate between 2000 and 2013 as annual output expanded from 512,000 to 834,000 tonnes.

Among the largest producers, Morocco has recorded the most rapid increase since 2000, averaging over 7 per cent per year, as production more than doubled from 238,000 tonnes to 599,000 tonnes.

Although Algeria is among the leading producers actual output has changed little over the past decade or so at around 250,000 tonnes.

Having expanded from 159,000 tonnes in 2000 to 273,000 tonnes in 2009 Nigeria’s industry almost collapsed to 145,000 tonnes in 2011. Since then a slow recovery has ensued with output reaching 170,000 tonnes in 2013.

Chicken production in Tunisia has expanded by 3.8 per cent per year to a record high of 139,000 tonnes in 2013.

A moderate 2 per cent per year increase has pushed Libya’s output to 125,000 tonnes.
Of note is that quite a number of the smaller nations managed to more than double production during the review period.

Africa’s imports will continue to grow

World trade in frozen/fresh chicken meat almost doubled between 2000 and 2012 when it totalled 12.6 million tonnes (Table 5). In recent years however, global trade has slowed and appears to have even contracted in 2015, though forecasts point to a recovery in 2016.

Table 5. World trade in fresh/frozen chicken meat ('000 tonnes)
Exports	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Africa	9.5	4.8	9.5	46.3	61.5	14.4	14.3
Americas	3627.4	5517.2	7311.6	7235.3	7260.7	7539.5	7733.0
Asia	1432.2	420.6	765.8	876.5	1188.0	1373.1	1287.4
Europe	1805.1	2137.3	2344.7	2592.1	3115.7	3477.8	3547.9
Oceania	14.3	21.8	31.0	33.3	29.2	32.8	39.4
WORLD	6888.4	8101.7	10462.6	10783.5	11655.1	12437.6	12621.9
Imports
Africa	259.0	512.9	718.2	861.2	1069.0	1283.4	1550.4
Americas	556.0	912.2	1375.6	1384.4	1493.8	1505.2	1584.9
Asia	3276.7	2767.2	4274.9	4650.3	5021.5	5780.0	5328.6
Europe	1811.2	3223.6	3374.2	3095.0	2879.7	2790.3	3029.9
Oceania	26.4	35.5	38.1	44.0	48.8	59.2	66.4
WORLD	5929.3	7451.4	9781.0	10035.5	10512.8	11418.1	11560.1
Source: FAO

According to the FAO, world poultry meat trade slipped by 1 per cent in 2015 from 12.7 to 12.6 million tonnes. Similar to this, the USDA’s estimates of global broiler meat exports show a 2 per decline from 2014 to 2015 as the total fell from 10.47 million tonnes to 10.23 million tonnes.

However, the forecast for 2016 rises to 10.69 million tonnes. It should be noted that the data presented by both the FAO and the USDA excludes trade between EU member countries.

Exports of chicken meat from African countries are negligible and have actually declined from a peak of over 61,000 tonnes in 2010 to a mere 14,300 tonnes in 2012.

The picture on imports is markedly different. Here, the quantities involved increased sixfold over the review period to reach almost 1.6 million tonnes in 2012.

Reference to tables 6, 7 and figure 2 reveals that South Africa is the leading importer in the region taking almost 340,000 tonnes in 2012 followed by Angola with 301,000 tonnes, Ghana with 154,000 tonnes, Benin with almost 124,000 tonnes and Egypt with 110,000 tonnes.

Table 6. Imports of fresh/frozen chicken meat by African countries (tonnes)
Country	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Angola	47300	102812	170612	160770	238357	286761	301288
Benin	33030	29949	60602	75791	78070	104164	123773
Botswana	54	116	2331	2768	4260	3658	3648
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	4	14	5	7
Burundi	0	0	0	0	15	11	1
Cameroon	13481	5893	148	17	45	124	85
Cape Verde	1447	5027	5889	6534	7046	7050	6143
Central Afr Rep	0	46	82	163	192	256	624
Chad	9	235	30	30	74	65	257
Comoros	932	4843	5596	6805	10923	8017	12760
Congo	8959	11681	25641	50936	22187	79200	93767
Congo Dem Rep	11800	36692	52452	64672	58348	66384	70173
Cote d'Ivoire	1381	4894	832	804	697	945	826
Djibouti	420	3786	6214	4330	1348	714	4603
Egypt	4000	31	20900	56164	126041	34731	110372
Equatorial Guinea	3800	8058	12615	14415	13917	20178	19220
Ethiopia	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
Gabon	13399	26980	30410	44357	43686	54901	54617
Gambia	1790	4911	2475	4197	3558	5682	5293
Ghana	13865	49916	71731	78837	109179	155056	154366
Guinea	798	2564	3106	3100	5569	8202	7088
Guinea-Bissau	430	515	1029	979	1208	1450	1201
Kenya	1	0	402	660	958	1672	1827
Lesotho	4600	5250	5400	5500	8000	9000	9500
Liberia	2700	5812	7719	6481	11441	20397	22340
Libyan Arab Jam	651	10	0	0	0	23850	88631
Madagascar	0	0	101	0	161	553	0
Malawi	0	0	8	33	3	4	38
Mali	7	25	130	130	27	27	5
Mauritania	2786	4220	5423	8818	7306	11377	11902
Mauritius	2	224	190	124	146	117	93
Morocco	395	220	530	160	364	412	300
Mozambique	2900	13216	9199	12605	9748	12797	6573
Namibia	16909	9470	26936	3606	3245	9970	30148
Niger	10	16	1	1	118	298	530
Nigeria	0	39	600	32837	45032	1009	202
Rwanda	0	0	1	4	2	9	34
Sao Tome/Principe	0	549	721	680	1145	1131	1147
Senegal	413	11486	1100	1	0	0	0
Seychelles	329	349	988	1548	1767	2691	2746
Sierra Leone	1189	1472	4141	3838	6421	8840	18230
South Africa	66577	157392	169013	184522	219638	298560	339145
Sudan (former)	0	204	677	835	1623	3627	-
Swaziland	592	180	28	21	21	21	21
Tanzania Un Rep	74	494	1	0	72	786	671
Togo	1829	3167	11559	6876	6715	8972	10749
Tunisia	71	27	132	1102	2599	2529	5200
Uganda	13	0	2	7	17	351	682
Zambia	1	112	1	0	558	967	1606
Zimbabwe	24	57	655	15803	17123	25905	27948
AFRICA	258971	512932	718175	861865	1068984	1283427	1550416
- no figure
Source: FAO

Table 7. Leading chicken meat importers in Africa ('000 tonnes)
	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015E	2016F
South Africa	72	189	240	326	371	355	369	420	440
Angola	49	103	239	287	301	321	365	240	260
Benin	40	29	98	104	124	114	152	180	-
Ghana	12	51	109	155	155	169	144	140	-
Congo	21	29	84	77	94	81	93	100	-
Dem Rep Congo	15	38	60	67	69	62	74	78	-
- No figure
Source: USDA

Figure 2. South Africa's chicken meat imports have escalated rapidly since 2000 ('000 tonnes)

In 2012, Brazil was the major supplier to South Africa shipping some 176,000 tonnes followed by the Netherlands with 54,000 tonnes, the UK (24,000 tonnes), Argentina (24,000 tonnes) and Germany (22,000 tonnes).

According to SAPA broiler imports in 2014 (almost 94 per cent of total poultry meat imports) amounted to 369,000 tonnes nearly all of which were frozen. While supplies from Brazil actually declined by nearly 9 per cent to 154,000 tonnes, receipts from EU member countries jumped by more than 27 per cent to 188,000 tonnes.

Interim anti-dumping tariffs, particularly in bone-in portions from the EU, have not proved effective and the Association considers that an alternative strategy is needed as South Africa is now the biggest single export destination for EU products.

Data produced by the USDA indicate that South Africa’s imports have since continued to rise the estimate for 2015 being 420,000 tonnes while the forecast for 2016 points to a new “high” of 440,000 tonnes.

South Africa has now begun to import US bone-in chicken after years of wrangling related to the African Growth and Opportunities Act.

It is envisaged that South Africa will continue to be a major importer of chicken meat as the annual average growth in production of a little under 3 per cent is outpaced by the anticipated growth in consumption of around 4.5 per cent. A forecast by the Standard Bank puts 2020 imports at almost 660,000 tonnes when they could represent some 28 per cent of domestic consumption.

According to FAO data, imports of fresh/frozen chicken meat into Angola escalated by a massive near 17 per cent per year since 2000 to exceed 301,000 tonnes in 2012 compared with only 47,300 tonnes back in 2000.

Data compiled by the USDA reveals that Angola’s poultry meat imports in 2012 came close to 324,000 tonnes and increased by 6 percent to more than 342,000 tonnes in 2013. Of the latter, almost 210,000 tonnes were supplied by the USA, while Brazil sent 100,000 tonnes.

The US has been highly successful in this market having sold only 140,000 tonnes back in 2010, against Brazil’s 112,000 tonnes. While Angola’s broiler production increased from a lowly 8,000 tonnes in 2004 to 26,000 tonnes in 2015, its imports rocketed from 86,000 tonnes to an estimated 367,000 tonnes in 2014, though are expected to decline to 340,000 tonnes this year.

The only other major importing country for which trade details are available is Ghana. In 2012 this country purchased more than 150,000 tonnes. The USA was the leading supplier with almost 43,000 tonnes, while both Brazil and Belgium supplied nearly 39,000 tonnes.

As was indicated earlier, chicken exports from African countries (Tables 5 and 8) have been insignificant in recent years. However, the latest data released by SAPA shows that South Africa’s poultry meat exports jumped to exceed 25,000 tonnes in 2013 and further to 66,000 tonnes in 2014, of which 93 per cent were chicken meat.

Table 8. Exports of fresh/frozen chicken meat from African countries (tonnes)
Country	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Algeria	0	1	0	0	6	33	5
Benin	722	0	4	30340	41807	0	0
Botswana	0	132	220	1	8	26	3
Burundi	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	1	6	0	1	1	0	0
Cape Verde	1	6	5	0	0	0	0
Congo	0	796	0	0	0	0	0
Cote d'Ivoire	2	1	3	20	17	12	31
Egypt	458	327	206	1928	1928	2165	693
Gabon	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	14	64	0	18	0	0	5
Kenya	6	4	185	29	50	50	50
Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
Mali	0	25	0	0	84	84	0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	28	0	0
Mauritius	10	20	0	0	1	92	12
Morocco	27	0	1800	32	34	34	27
Namibia	122	1208	4204	455	283	283	2335
Senegal	2	78	1	1	1	0	0
Seychelles	0	0	26	26	26	26	26
South Africa	6393	1513	2319	11802	14708	6789	7938
Swaziland	250	93	0	0	0	0	0
Tanzania Un Rep	160	0	0	0	0	1	0
Togo	175	0	0	307	248	138	0
Tunisia	0	0	393	1173	2228	4524	3058
Uganda	0	13	0	3	3	3	37
Zambia	46	0	31	22	8	50	33
Zimbabwe	1116	560	51	0	5	0	0
AFRICA	9512	4824	9502	46317	61526	14364	14339
Source: FAO

Growth double the world average

Population growth in Africa is double the global rate. In broad terms people numbers will increase by more than 2 per cent per year from now on, against less than 1 per cent for the world total with the result, as mentioned earlier, that by 2050 a quarter of the world’s population will be based in this region (Table 9).

Table 9. Human population of the world (millions)
Region	2000		2015		2020		2030		2050
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Africa	814.1	13.3	1186.2	16.1	1340.1	17.3	1679.3	19.8	2477.5	25.5
Americas	840.6	13.7	992.2	13.5	1037.8	13.4	1117.4	13.1	1217.4	12.5
Asia	3714.5	60.6	4393.3	59.8	4598.4	59.3	4922.8	57.9	5266.9	54.2
Europe	726.4	11.9	738.4	10.1	739.7	9.5	733.9	8.6	706.8	7.3
Oceania	31.1	0.5	39.3	0.5	42.1	0.5	47.4	0.6	56.6	0.6
WORLD	6126.6	100.0	7349.5	100.0	7758.2	100.0	8500.8	100.0	9725.2	100.0
Source: FAO

The figures on poultry meat consumption (Tables 10 and 11) are not direct measurements of uptake, but estimates of the quantities considered to be available for consumption.

As can be expected there are wide differences between the estimated poultry meat consumption figures around the world (Table 10), though all the major regions make contributions to the upward trend in the global average which rose by 3.5kg per person between 2000 and 2011. For Africa the gain over this period was 2kg per person (Tables 10, 11 and figure 3).

Table 10. Poultry meat consumption (kg/person/year)
	2000	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Africa	4.2	4.7	5.2	5.4	5.6	6.1	6.2
Americas	31.5	34.1	36.0	37.1	35.9	37.6	38.5
Asia	6.6	7.4	8.1	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.5
Europe	15.9	19.2	20.2	21.3	21.7	21.4	21.7
Oceania	30.1	35.6	36.8	35.4	35.6	37.4	42.1
WORLD	11.0	12.2	13.1	13.6	13.8	14.1	14.5
Source: FAO

Table 11. Human population of Africa and poultry meat consumption
	Human population					Poultry meat consumption
	(millions)					(kg/person/year)
Country	2000	2015	2020	2030	2000	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Algeria	31.2	39.7	43.0	48.3	7.7	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4
Angola	15.1	25.0	29.3	39.4	4.0	8.4	10.0	9.3	13.2	15.3
Benin	7.0	10.9	12.4	15.6	9.8	8.1	12.8	10.7	8.9	12.4
Botswana	1.8	2.3	2.5	2.8	5.4	3.6	4.9	4.6	5.4	5.2
Burkina Faso	11.6	18.1	20.9	27.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4
Burundi	6.8	11.2	13.1	17.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cabo Verde	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	4.3	15.5	16.0	19.1	18.8	18.9
Cameroon	15.9	23.3	26.3	33.0	2.2	3.6	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.3
Central African Rep	3.7	4.9	5.4	6.5	0.9	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4
Chad	8.3	14.0	16.4	22.0	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Comoros	0.5	0.8	0.9	1.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	3.1	4.6	5.3	6.8	5.0	9.4	8.7	9.7	12.0	22.3
Congo Dem Rep	48.1	77.3	90.2	120.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cote d'Ivoire	16.5	22.7	25.6	32.1	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.9	1.8
Djibouti	0.7	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.6	7.2	7.7	5.3	1.6	0.8
Egypt	68.3	91.5	100.5	117.1	8.8	10.9	9.9	10.7	12.3	11.6
Equatorial Guinea	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eritrea	3.5	5.2	5.9	7.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethiopia	66.4	99.4	112.0	138.3	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6
Gabon	1.2	1.7	1.9	2.3	12.0	27.9	30.5	32.1	30.6	33.1
Gambia	1.2	2.0	2.3	3.1	2.2	4.9	2.3	3.5	3.2	4.3
Ghana	18.8	27.4	30.5	36.9	1.9	5.4	5.3	4.8	6.2	8.0
Guinea	8.8	12.6	14.4	18.3	0.6	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.6
Guinea-Bissau	1.3	1.8	2.1	2.5	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.1
Kenya	31.1	46.1	52.2	65.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6
Lesotho	1.9	2.1	2.3	2.5	3.5	3.9	3.5	3.7	4.8	5.2
Liberia	2.9	4.5	5.1	6.4	3.2	4.5	4.9	4.5	5.7	7.9
Libya	5.3	6.3	6.7	7.4	19.2	19.9	19.9	19.3	19.7	20.1
Madagascar	15.7	24.2	27.8	36.0	4.1	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4
Malawi	11.2	17.2	20.0	26.6	1.4	1.0	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.5
Mali	11.1	17.6	20.5	27.4	2.9	2.7	3.0	3.0	3.1	2.9
Mauritania	2.7	4.1	4.6	5.7	2.5	3.2	2.9	3.8	3.3	4.3
Mauritius	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	18.3	32.9	34.6	36.1	38.2	38.1
Mayotte	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco	29.0	34.4	36.4	39.8	9.4	13.8	15.8	17.5	19.5	20.2
Mozambique	18.3	28.0	32.0	41.4	2.0	1.5	1.6	1.9	1.7	1.8
Namibia	1.9	2.5	2.7	3.3	8.2	10.7	16.2	6.9	6.9	9.9
Niger	11.2	19.9	24.3	36.0	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	1.1	1.0
Nigeria	122.9	182.2	243.1	359.7	1.3	1.7	1.7	2.0	2.1	1.8
Reunion	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rwanda	8.0	11.6	13.0	15.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Saint Helena	#	#	#	#	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome/Principe	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	4.3	8.1	9.0	8.5	10.9	10.6
Senegal	9.9	15.1	17.5	22.8	2.4	3.1	3.5	3.2	3.5	4.2
Seychelles	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	4.1	6.5	7.2	8.6	1.6	2.3	2.8	3.0	3.6	4.1
Somalia	7.4	10.8	12.4	16.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	44.9	54.5	56.7	60.0	20.2	27.8	30.5	31.3	33.2	34.8
South Sudan	-	12.3	14.1	17.8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sudan	-	40.2	45.3	56.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sudan (former)	34.4	45.6	-	-	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9	-
Swaziland	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.5	3.8	5.6	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.3
Tanzania Un Rep	34.0	53.4	62.3	82.9	1.3	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	2.1
Togo	4.9	7.3	8.3	10.5	4.0	4.1	5.6	5.6	6.1	6.5
Tunisia	9.7	11.3	11.8	12.7	12.2	13.4	13.7	13.7	15.2	13.7
Uganda	23.8	39.0	45.9	61.9	1.8	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.8	1.8
Western Sahara	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.7	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zambia	10.6	16.2	18.9	25.3	3.5	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.2
Zimbabwe	12.5	15.6	17.5	21.4	2.0	4.5	4.8	6.1	6.1	6.7
AFRICA	814.1	1186.2	1340.1	1679.3	4.2	5.2	5.4	5.6	6.1	6.2
Source: FAO

Figure 3. Africa's consumption growth has not matched the world average (kg/person/year)

While there are considerable differences between countries, in only a handful has the average uptake per person declined while, in contrast, many have recorded dramatic increases. Estimates of poultry consumption in South Africa vary according to source. USDA data indicates that uptake is around 36kg per person which compares with 3kg for mutton, 5kg for pork and 17 kg for beef.

On the other hand, SAPA quotes an average uptake figure of almost 38 kg per person for poultry and around 37.5kg for chicken. All reports show that chicken is the most affordable meat protein source, though high unemployment acts as a constraint on consumer spending.

Total domestic consumption of chicken in Angola is expected to reach 376,000 tonnes this as income growth is strengthening demand.