Fruit Primary — Production in Botswana
Botswana: Fruit Primary — Production was 28,326 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Production in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Botswana is 28,326 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.8% on the previous year and up 346.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Botswana peaked at 32,971 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,700 t, in 1961.
That places Botswana 159th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Production in Botswana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 4,800 t | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 5,100 t | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 5,383 t | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 5,571 t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 5,671 t | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 5,771 t | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 5,871 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 6,218 t | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 6,318 t | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 6,750 t | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 6,950 t | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 7,150 t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 7,350 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 7,600 t | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 7,950 t | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 8,400 t | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 8,950 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 8,950 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,150 t | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 9,450 t | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 10,500 t | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 10,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,500 t | -19.0% |
| 1988 | 8,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11,000 t | +29.4% |
| 1990 | 11,545 t | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 10,620 t | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 8,525 t | -19.7% |
| 1993 | 10,533 t | +23.6% |
| 1994 | 11,542 t | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 9,550 t | -17.3% |
| 1996 | 11,540 t | +20.8% |
| 1997 | 10,508 t | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 8,400 t | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 9,500 t | +13.1% |
| 2000 | 10,600 t | +11.6% |
| 2001 | 9,417 t | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 9,216 t | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 8,871 t | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 8,624 t | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 8,378 t | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 8,208 t | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 7,980 t | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 7,850 t | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 6,000 t | -23.6% |
| 2010 | 6,987 t | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 6,600 t | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 7,100 t | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 6,537 t | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 6,342 t | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 10,776 t | +69.9% |
| 2016 | 11,934 t | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 20,103 t | +68.4% |
| 2018 | 20,693 t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 26,410 t | +27.6% |
| 2020 | 20,986 t | -20.5% |
| 2021 | 23,260 t | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 32,971 t | +41.8% |
| 2023 | 25,343 t | -23.1% |
| 2024 | 28,326 t | +11.8% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 28,326 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 753,355 t, 4% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 28,326 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 459,726 t, 6% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +69.9% | 6,342 t | 10,776 t |
| 2017 | +68.4% | 11,934 t | 20,103 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,454 t | 4,700 t | 6,218 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,637 t | 6,318 t | 8,950 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,910 t | 8,500 t | 11,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,226 t | 8,400 t | 11,545 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,514 t | 6,000 t | 10,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,348 t | 6,342 t | 26,410 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,177 t | 20,986 t | 32,971 t | 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 fruit primary — production in Botswana?
- Fruit primary — production in Botswana was 28,326 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 32,971 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,700 t in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for fruit primary — production?
- Botswana ranks 159th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 346.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — 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.