Informal employment in agriculture in Botswana
Botswana: Informal employment in agriculture was 99.17 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Latest (2023)
99.17
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
7th
of 78 countries
All-time high
99.17
in 2023
All-time low
96.08
in 2019
Years of data
5
2019–2023
Informal employment in agriculture in Botswana, 2019–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 99.17 for informal employment in agriculture in 2023. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.2% over five years.
Botswana ranks 7th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Informal employment in agriculture in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 96.08 | — |
| 2020 | 98.53 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 97.84 | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 98.61 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 99.17 | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 96.08 | 96.08 | 96.08 | 1 |
| 2020s | 98.54 | 97.84 | 99.17 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 4 Rwanda 99.57 compare
- 5 Senegal 99.56
- 6 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.54 compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 99.12
- 9 Uganda 99.03
- 10 India 98.88 compare
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.78 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.78 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment in agriculture in Botswana?
- Informal employment in agriculture in Botswana was 99.17 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest informal employment in agriculture recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 99.17 in 2023.
- What is the lowest informal employment in agriculture recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.08 in 2019.
- How does Botswana rank for informal employment in agriculture?
- Botswana ranks 7th out of 78 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Informal employment in agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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