Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested was 508 ha in 2024. βΌ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β Area harvested in Botswana, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Botswana stood at 508 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Botswana peaked at 1,287 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 2009.
Botswana ranks 100th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 972 ha | 742 ha | 1,287 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,070 ha | 800 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,100 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,056 ha | 900 ha | 1,269 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 676.1 ha | 400 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 480.7 ha | 430 ha | 517 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 508 ha | 506 ha | 510 ha | 5 |
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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 β Production 4,023 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Botswana?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested in Botswana was 508 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,287 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 2009.
- How does Botswana rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 100th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent β area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent β 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.