Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Botswana
Botswana: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 327.1 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Botswana stood at 327.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 30.6% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Botswana peaked at 1,375 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 84.6 kg/ha, in 1979.
Botswana ranks 111th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 774.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 699.8 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 800 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 975.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 1,098 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 1,054 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 1,043 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 1,054 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 858.1 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1971 | 1,046 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1972 | 600 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 1973 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 416.7 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1975 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 416.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 444.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 84.6 kg/ha | -81.0% |
| 1980 | 368.4 kg/ha | +335.5% |
| 1981 | 459.3 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1982 | 374.5 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1983 | 1,375 kg/ha | +267.2% |
| 1984 | 327.8 kg/ha | -76.2% |
| 1985 | 800 kg/ha | +144.1% |
| 1986 | 200 kg/ha | -75.0% |
| 1987 | 150 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 333.3 kg/ha | +122.2% |
| 1989 | 625 kg/ha | +87.5% |
| 1990 | 540 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 533.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 437.5 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1993 | 180 kg/ha | -58.9% |
| 1994 | 550 kg/ha | +205.6% |
| 1995 | 951 kg/ha | +72.9% |
| 1996 | 551 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1997 | 259.8 kg/ha | -52.8% |
| 1998 | 302.5 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 210.1 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +376.0% |
| 2001 | 147 kg/ha | -85.3% |
| 2002 | 137 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 963.3 kg/ha | +603.1% |
| 2004 | 483 kg/ha | -49.9% |
| 2005 | 498.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 570 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 873.7 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 2008 | 1,210 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 2009 | 654.9 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 2010 | 593.8 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 591.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 357.1 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2013 | 174.7 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 2014 | 446.3 kg/ha | +155.5% |
| 2015 | 237.4 kg/ha | -46.8% |
| 2016 | 291.9 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2017 | 161.8 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 2018 | 188.5 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2019 | 138.2 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2020 | 588.2 kg/ha | +325.6% |
| 2021 | 603.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 243.7 kg/ha | -59.6% |
| 2023 | 250.5 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 327.1 kg/ha | +30.6% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 327.1 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,566 kg/ha, 21% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 327.1 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +603.1% | 137 kg/ha | 963.3 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +376.0% | 210.1 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +335.5% | 84.6 kg/ha | 368.4 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +325.6% | 138.2 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +267.2% | 374.5 kg/ha | 1,375 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 944.26 kg/ha | 699.8 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 530 kg/ha | 84.6 kg/ha | 1,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 501.33 kg/ha | 150 kg/ha | 1,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 451.52 kg/ha | 180 kg/ha | 951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 653.66 kg/ha | 137 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 318.13 kg/ha | 138.2 kg/ha | 593.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 402.68 kg/ha | 243.7 kg/ha | 603.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 — yield in Botswana?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Botswana was 327.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,375 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.6 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Botswana rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Botswana ranks 111th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.