Maize (corn) — Production in Botswana
Botswana: Maize (corn) — Production was 18,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Botswana is 18,000 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 45.0% on the previous year and down 37.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Botswana peaked at 67,436 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 490 t, in 1984.
That places Botswana 122nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Production in Botswana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 616 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,350 t | +930.8% |
| 1963 | 6,000 t | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 816 t | -86.4% |
| 1965 | 1,525 t | +86.9% |
| 1966 | 16,511 t | +982.7% |
| 1967 | 1,534 t | -90.7% |
| 1968 | 7,545 t | +391.9% |
| 1969 | 12,800 t | +69.6% |
| 1970 | 2,100 t | -83.6% |
| 1971 | 16,600 t | +690.5% |
| 1972 | 10,300 t | -38.0% |
| 1973 | 22,300 t | +116.5% |
| 1974 | 33,900 t | +52.0% |
| 1975 | 28,700 t | -15.3% |
| 1976 | 62,637 t | +118.2% |
| 1977 | 35,400 t | -43.5% |
| 1978 | 14,000 t | -60.5% |
| 1979 | 2,250 t | -83.9% |
| 1980 | 11,600 t | +415.6% |
| 1981 | 21,415 t | +84.6% |
| 1982 | 12,400 t | -42.1% |
| 1983 | 8,495 t | -31.5% |
| 1984 | 490 t | -94.2% |
| 1985 | 1,435 t | +192.9% |
| 1986 | 3,600 t | +150.9% |
| 1987 | 3,275 t | -9.0% |
| 1988 | 7,640 t | +133.3% |
| 1989 | 19,765 t | +158.7% |
| 1990 | 11,800 t | -40.3% |
| 1991 | 14,500 t | +22.9% |
| 1992 | 3,000 t | -79.3% |
| 1993 | 2,976 t | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 10,800 t | +262.9% |
| 1995 | 18,953 t | +75.5% |
| 1996 | 24,629 t | +29.9% |
| 1997 | 22,649 t | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 2,344 t | -89.7% |
| 1999 | 3,796 t | +61.9% |
| 2000 | 9,347 t | +146.2% |
| 2001 | 4,976 t | -46.8% |
| 2002 | 16,447 t | +230.5% |
| 2003 | 1,633 t | -90.1% |
| 2004 | 7,529 t | +361.1% |
| 2005 | 16,080 t | +113.6% |
| 2006 | 15,162 t | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 2,158 t | -85.8% |
| 2008 | 8,967 t | +315.5% |
| 2009 | 20,093 t | +124.1% |
| 2010 | 10,572 t | -47.4% |
| 2011 | 35,222 t | +233.2% |
| 2012 | 7,677 t | -78.2% |
| 2013 | 3,844 t | -49.9% |
| 2014 | 28,550 t | +642.7% |
| 2015 | 3,792 t | -86.7% |
| 2016 | 15,096 t | +298.1% |
| 2017 | 12,265 t | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 24,633 t | +100.8% |
| 2019 | 7,278 t | -70.5% |
| 2020 | 61,947 t | +751.2% |
| 2021 | 67,436 t | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 29,782 t | -55.8% |
| 2023 | 32,740 t | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 18,000 t | -45.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 18,000 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 221,748 t, 8% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 18,000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 394,045 t, 5% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +982.7% | 1,525 t | 16,511 t |
| 1962 | +930.8% | 616 t | 6,350 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,966 t | 616 t | 16,511 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,819 t | 2,100 t | 62,637 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,012 t | 490 t | 21,415 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,545 t | 2,344 t | 24,629 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,239 t | 1,633 t | 20,093 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,893 t | 3,792 t | 35,222 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,981 t | 18,000 t | 67,436 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 119 United Arab Emirates 20,216 t compare
- 120 Comoros 20,105 t compare
- 121 Eritrea 20,000 t compare
- 122 Mauritania 18,000 t compare
- 124 Sweden 15,500 t compare
- 125 Guinea-Bissau 15,000 t compare
- 125 Réunion 15,000 t 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)
- 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 maize (corn) — production in Botswana?
- Maize (corn) — production in Botswana was 18,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 67,436 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 490 t in 1984.
- How does Botswana rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Botswana ranks 122nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.0%. 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) — 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.