Botswana vs Eswatini: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Botswana
- Eswatini
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 71,758 ha against 60,588 ha in Botswana, a difference of 11,170 ha.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 135th and Eswatini ranks 133rd of 178 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Eswatini | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,586 ha | 97,833 ha | 2,754 ha | Botswana |
| 1970s | 148,695 ha | 75,468 ha | 73,227 ha | Botswana |
| 1980s | 148,840 ha | 77,052 ha | 71,788 ha | Botswana |
| 1990s | 150,120 ha | 68,779 ha | 81,340 ha | Botswana |
| 2000s | 104,134 ha | 59,728 ha | 44,406 ha | Botswana |
| 2010s | 129,918 ha | 70,346 ha | 59,572 ha | Botswana |
| 2020s | 116,459 ha | 73,344 ha | 43,115 ha | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Botswana or Eswatini?
- Eswatini, at 71,758 ha against 60,588 ha in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Botswana and Eswatini?
- 11,170 ha, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eswatini?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Eswatini rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 135th and Eswatini ranks 133rd of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.