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We take a look at the average price paid for a whole fresh chicken by consumers at retailers across South Africa's 9 provinces. Which province pays the most for a whole fresh chicken? This is part of our average price series which is a supplement to our Inflation Rate page in which we track South Africa's inflation rate and break it down per province
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Whole fresh chicken average price per province
So which province pays the most for a whole fresh chicken in South Africa? The summary below shows the average price per kilogram for whole fresh chicken per province, sorted from the province paying the most to the province paying the least.
So the Eastern Cape is the province that pays the most per kilogram for whole fresh chicken at R5311, just beating out their neighbours the Western Cape who pays on average R53.11 per kilogram for whole fresh chicken. KwaZulu-Natal pays the least with the average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken coming in at R43.85 or 17.4% less than what those living the Eastern Cape pays per kilogram of whole fresh chicken
- Eastern Cape: R53.11
- Western Cape: R53.10
- Northern Cape: R47.32
- Limpopo: R47.21
- Free State: R45.99
- Gauteng: R45.62
- North West: R45.07
- Mpumalanga: R44.82
- KwaZulu-Natal: R43.85
So the Eastern Cape is the province that pays the most per kilogram for whole fresh chicken at R5311, just beating out their neighbours the Western Cape who pays on average R53.11 per kilogram for whole fresh chicken. KwaZulu-Natal pays the least with the average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken coming in at R43.85 or 17.4% less than what those living the Eastern Cape pays per kilogram of whole fresh chicken
Now that we know which provinces pay the most on average per kilogram of whole fresh chicken in South Africa, lets take a look at the pricing behaviour of the average price per kilogram of chicken per province over the last year. Which province's price per kilogram of whole fresh chicken increased or decreased the most over the course of the last year.
So over the course of the last 12 months the average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken increased by 11.15 in KwaZulu-Natal, 9.9% in the Northern Cape and 6.7% in Limpopo. The average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken remained the same in the Free State when comparing the average price of August 2019 with the average price in August 2018.
Gauteng and Mpumalanga saw declines of -1.15 and -6.3% respectively in the average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken. We will continue our series on average prices for various products across South Africa's different provinces as we continue to be fascinated with the different pricing behaviour of goods across various provinces in South Africa
- KwaZulu-Natal: 11.1%
- Northern Cape : 9.9%
- Limpopo: 6.7%
- Western Cape: 4.6%
- Eastern Cape : 2.8%
- North West: 0.1%
- Free State: unchanged
- Gauteng: -1.1%
- Mpumalanga: -6.3%
So over the course of the last 12 months the average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken increased by 11.15 in KwaZulu-Natal, 9.9% in the Northern Cape and 6.7% in Limpopo. The average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken remained the same in the Free State when comparing the average price of August 2019 with the average price in August 2018.
Gauteng and Mpumalanga saw declines of -1.15 and -6.3% respectively in the average price per kilogram of fresh whole chicken. We will continue our series on average prices for various products across South Africa's different provinces as we continue to be fascinated with the different pricing behaviour of goods across various provinces in South Africa