Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 30,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Botswana stood at 30,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 44.2% on the previous year and down 71.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 104,197 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,214 ha, in 1964.
Botswana ranks 112th of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,079 ha | 1,214 ha | 46,629 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,580 ha | 9,500 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,990 ha | 3,300 ha | 59,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,763 ha | 15,800 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,428 ha | 7,617 ha | 83,258 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,100 ha | 14,857 ha | 104,197 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,807 ha | 30,000 ha | 92,872 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 109 Belgium-Luxembourg 33,488 ha compare
- 110 Namibia 32,215 ha compare
- 111 Sudan (former) 31,080 ha compare
- 113 Gabon 29,446 ha compare
- 114 North Macedonia 28,334 ha compare
- 115 Mauritania 28,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- 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)
- Rural population 32.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 821,007 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 354.96 million current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,023 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Botswana?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Botswana was 30,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 104,197 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,214 ha in 1964.
- How does Botswana rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 112th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.