Butter and Ghee — Production in Botswana
Botswana: Butter and Ghee — Production was 491.4 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Butter and Ghee — Production in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for butter and ghee — production in Botswana is 491.4 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in Botswana peaked at 1,497 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 294.84 t, in 2014.
Botswana ranks 120th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 598.74 t | 468.19 t | 673.22 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 869.73 t | 581.87 t | 1,164 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,343 t | 1,164 t | 1,497 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,152 t | 997.92 t | 1,497 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,027 t | 997.92 t | 1,081 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 364.85 t | 294.84 t | 438.21 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 478.57 t | 419.09 t | 504 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 117 Angola 562.93 t compare
- 118 Luxembourg 559.13 t compare
- 119 Montenegro 498.65 t compare
- 121 Guinea 473.96 t compare
- 122 Georgia 410.36 t compare
- 123 El Salvador 387.61 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- Agriculture share gdp 1.78 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.78 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
- Rural population 32.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 821,007 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 354.96 million current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,023 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is butter and ghee — production in Botswana?
- Butter and ghee — production in Botswana was 491.4 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,497 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 294.84 t in 2014.
- How does Botswana rank for butter and ghee — production?
- Botswana ranks 120th out of 134 countries with data for 2023.
- Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Butter and Ghee — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.