Botswana vs Zimbabwe: Groundnut yields
Botswana
0.3271 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zimbabwe
0.416 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Botswana rank
119th
Zimbabwe rank
116th
Groundnut yields over time
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.416 tonnes per hectare against 0.3271 tonnes per hectare in Botswana, a difference of 0.0889 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 119th and Zimbabwe ranks 116th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9443 tonnes per hectare | 0.6328 tonnes per hectare | 0.3115 tonnes per hectare | Botswana |
| 1970s | 0.53 tonnes per hectare | 0.7383 tonnes per hectare | 0.2083 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 0.5013 tonnes per hectare | 0.4415 tonnes per hectare | 0.0598 tonnes per hectare | Botswana |
| 1990s | 0.4515 tonnes per hectare | 0.5094 tonnes per hectare | 0.0579 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 0.6537 tonnes per hectare | 0.4995 tonnes per hectare | 0.1541 tonnes per hectare | Botswana |
| 2010s | 0.3181 tonnes per hectare | 0.3816 tonnes per hectare | 0.0635 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.4027 tonnes per hectare | 0.44 tonnes per hectare | 0.0373 tonnes per hectare | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnut yields, Botswana or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.416 tonnes per hectare against 0.3271 tonnes per hectare in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnut yields between Botswana and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0889 tonnes per hectare, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Zimbabwe rank globally for groundnut yields?
- Botswana ranks 119th and Zimbabwe ranks 116th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Groundnut yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.