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These charts are based on dataset DS0056 - Rhino poaching in South Africa: provincial and national breakdown
The total number of rhinos poached per year in South Africa, including a breakdown of rhinos poached in the game reserves run by South African National Parks (SANParks), eg, Kruger National Park, as well as rhinos poached in province-run and private game reserves by province.
- Time period covered
- 2016 to 2025
- Time-series breakdown
- Annual
- Geographic coverage
- South Africa
- Geographic breakdown
- Provincial level
- Source
- Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
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| year | sanparks | kzn | lp | nw | nc | fs | ec | mp | gp | wc | total_provinces | rsa_total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 662 | 162 | 90 | 56 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 392 | 1054 |
| 2017 | 504 | 222 | 79 | 96 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 524 | 1028 |
| 2018 | 422 | 142 | 40 | 65 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 347 | 769 |
| 2019 | 328 | 133 | 45 | 32 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 266 | 594 |
| 2020 | 247 | 93 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 394 |
| 2021 | 209 | 102 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 242 | 451 |
| 2022 | 124 | 244 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 324 | 448 |
| 2023 | 78 | 325 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 421 | 499 |
| 2024 | 88 | 232 | 59 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 332 | 420 |
| 2025 | 175 | 97 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 352 |