Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 2,404 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 2,404 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 2,471 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1961.
Botswana ranks 166th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,390 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 1,520 ha | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 1,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,470 ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 1,470 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,580 ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 1,580 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,680 ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,790 ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1,910 ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 2,020 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 2,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,120 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 2,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,180 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 2,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,030 ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 2,030 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,330 ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 2,434 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 2,236 ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 1,974 ha | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 2,177 ha | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 2,381 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 2,086 ha | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 2,402 ha | +15.1% |
| 1997 | 2,317 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 2,010 ha | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 2,130 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 2,350 ha | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 2,221 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 2,214 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,172 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 2,176 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,167 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,180 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 2,146 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 2,176 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,920 ha | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 2,057 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 2,130 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 2,130 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,017 ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 2,061 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,137 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 2,203 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 2,336 ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 2,279 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 2,460 ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 2,276 ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 2,355 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 2,471 ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 2,382 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 2,404 ha | +0.9% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 2,404 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 3% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 2,404 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 4% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,449 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,520 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,753 ha | 1,470 ha | 2,020 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,153 ha | 2,030 ha | 2,330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,215 ha | 1,974 ha | 2,434 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,172 ha | 1,920 ha | 2,350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,181 ha | 2,017 ha | 2,460 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,378 ha | 2,276 ha | 2,471 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
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 fruit primary — area harvested in Botswana?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Botswana was 2,404 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,471 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.