Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 508 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — 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 — 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,287 ha | +28.7% |
| 1965 | 1,100 ha | -14.5% |
| 1966 | 798 ha | -27.5% |
| 1967 | 742 ha | -7.0% |
| 1968 | 890 ha | +19.9% |
| 1969 | 931 ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 800 ha | -14.1% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,269 ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 1,155 ha | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 1,117 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 1,080 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 1,044 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 1,014 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,031 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 905 ha | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 804 ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 691 ha | -14.1% |
| 2004 | 643 ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 604 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 579 ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 500 ha | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 535 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 400 ha | -25.2% |
| 2010 | 430 ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 440 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 470 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 500 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 517 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 506 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 508 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 510 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 508 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 508 ha | +0.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 508 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11,010 ha, 5% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 508 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 21,655 ha, 2% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +50.0% | 800 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 1964 | +28.7% | 1,000 ha | 1,287 ha |
| 1966 | -27.5% | 1,100 ha | 798 ha |
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, 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Botswana?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — 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 — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,287 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 2009.
- How does Botswana rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 100th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — 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 — 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.