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.
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The data
10 rows, 13 columns.
- year Year
- Calendar year 2016 – 2025
- sanparks Number
- Number of rhinos poached in reserves run by South African National Parks 78 – 662
- kzn Number
- Number of rhinos poached in KwaZulu-Natal 93 – 325
- lp Number
- Number of rhinos poached in Limpopo 18 – 90
- nw Number
- Number of rhinos poached in the North West 12 – 96
- nc Number
- Number of rhinos poached in the Northern Cape 0 – 24
- fs Number
- Number of rhinos poached in the Free State 0 – 38
- ec Number
- Number of rhinos poached in the Eastern Cape 0 – 19
- mp Number
- Number of rhinos poached in Mpumalanga 3 – 51
- gp Number
- Number of rhinos poached in Gauteng 0 – 6
- wc Number
- Number of rhinos poached in the Western Cape 0 – 4
- total_provinces Number
- Number of rhinos poached in the provinces, ie, outside of SANParks reserves 147 – 524
- rsa_total Number
- Total number of rhinos poached in South Africa 352 – 1054
Latest rows
| year | sanparks | kzn | lp | nw | nc | fs | ec | mp | gp | wc | total_provinces | rsa_total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 175 | 97 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 352 |
| 2024 | 88 | 232 | 59 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 332 | 420 |
| 2023 | 78 | 325 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 421 | 499 |
| 2022 | 124 | 244 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 324 | 448 |
| 2021 | 209 | 102 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 242 | 451 |
| 2020 | 247 | 93 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 394 |
| 2019 | 328 | 133 | 45 | 32 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 266 | 594 |
| 2018 | 422 | 142 | 40 | 65 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 347 | 769 |
| 2017 | 504 | 222 | 79 | 96 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 524 | 1028 |
| 2016 | 662 | 162 | 90 | 56 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 392 | 1054 |
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