Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1,529 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Botswana is 1,529 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 6,070 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 286 ha, in 1966.
Botswana ranks 79th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,451 ha | — |
| 1962 | 966 ha | -78.3% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +158.8% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1965 | 408 ha | -79.6% |
| 1966 | 286 ha | -29.9% |
| 1967 | 2,347 ha | +720.6% |
| 1968 | 4,087 ha | +74.1% |
| 1969 | 4,318 ha | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 4,229 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 6,070 ha | +43.5% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 2,600 ha | -42.2% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +46.2% |
| 1981 | 4,300 ha | +13.2% |
| 1982 | 721 ha | -83.2% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | -16.8% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +200.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | -60.0% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1992 | 800 ha | -46.7% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,000 ha | +300.0% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | -90.0% |
| 1999 | 1,033 ha | +158.2% |
| 2000 | 1,230 ha | +19.1% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | -18.7% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 600 ha | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 2005 | 1,117 ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 293 ha | -70.7% |
| 2008 | 959 ha | +227.3% |
| 2009 | 2,350 ha | +145.0% |
| 2010 | 3,075 ha | +30.9% |
| 2011 | 1,408 ha | -54.2% |
| 2012 | 560 ha | -60.2% |
| 2013 | 641 ha | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 1,239 ha | +93.3% |
| 2015 | 636 ha | -48.7% |
| 2016 | 943 ha | +48.3% |
| 2017 | 896 ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 1,913 ha | +113.5% |
| 2019 | 638 ha | -66.6% |
| 2020 | 2,295 ha | +259.7% |
| 2021 | 1,718 ha | -25.1% |
| 2022 | 2,565 ha | +49.3% |
| 2023 | 1,621 ha | -36.8% |
| 2024 | 1,529 ha | -5.7% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 1,529 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 58% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 1,529 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 1% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +720.6% | 286 ha | 2,347 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,374 ha | 286 ha | 4,451 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,140 ha | 2,600 ha | 6,070 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,502 ha | 400 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,243 ha | 400 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,055 ha | 293 ha | 2,350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,195 ha | 560 ha | 3,075 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,946 ha | 1,529 ha | 2,565 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Botswana?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Botswana was 1,529 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,070 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 286 ha in 1966.
- How does Botswana rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 79th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.