Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 280 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Botswana stood at 280 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 460.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 350 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 2014.
That places Botswana 112th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 220 ha | +15.8% |
| 1966 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 70 ha | -68.2% |
| 1970 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 120 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 134 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 70 ha | -47.8% |
| 1992 | 74 ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 77 ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 81 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 86 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 102 ha | +18.6% |
| 1997 | 117 ha | +14.7% |
| 1998 | 110 ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 2001 | 147 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 142 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 137 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 135 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 130 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 138 ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 184 ha | +33.3% |
| 2008 | 147 ha | -20.1% |
| 2009 | 120 ha | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 95 ha | -20.8% |
| 2011 | 130 ha | +36.8% |
| 2012 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 59 ha | -54.6% |
| 2014 | 50 ha | -15.3% |
| 2015 | 54 ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 133 ha | +146.3% |
| 2017 | 221 ha | +66.2% |
| 2018 | 206 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 350 ha | +69.9% |
| 2020 | 259 ha | -26.0% |
| 2021 | 272 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 293 ha | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 275 ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 280 ha | +1.8% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 280 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 4% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 280 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 4% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Botswana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +146.3% | 54 ha | 133 ha |
| 2019 | +69.9% | 206 ha | 350 ha |
| 1969 | -68.2% | 220 ha | 70 ha |
| 2017 | +66.2% | 133 ha | 221 ha |
| 2013 | -54.6% | 130 ha | 59 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193.33 ha | 70 ha | 220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93 ha | 70 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128 ha | 120 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98.1 ha | 70 ha | 134 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 143 ha | 120 ha | 184 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 142.8 ha | 50 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 275.8 ha | 259 ha | 293 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 109 United Arab Emirates 346 ha compare
- 110 Martinique 331 ha compare
- 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 306 ha compare
- 113 Réunion 270 ha compare
- 114 Burkina Faso 245 ha compare
- 115 Namibia 233 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 138.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0839 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3204 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Botswana?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Botswana was 280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 350 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 2014.
- How does Botswana rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 112th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 460.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested. 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.