Maize (corn) — Yield in Botswana
Botswana: Maize (corn) — Yield was 600 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Botswana is 600 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 119.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Botswana peaked at 1,084 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 69.3 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Botswana 163rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 447.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 682.2 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 1963 | 750 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 672.2 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 266.8 kg/ha | -60.3% |
| 1966 | 564.7 kg/ha | +111.7% |
| 1967 | 112.1 kg/ha | -80.1% |
| 1968 | 255.3 kg/ha | +127.7% |
| 1969 | 274.5 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 69.3 kg/ha | -74.8% |
| 1971 | 666.7 kg/ha | +862.0% |
| 1972 | 1,084 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 1973 | 446 kg/ha | -58.9% |
| 1974 | 484.3 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 717.5 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1976 | 783 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 544.6 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1978 | 311.1 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 1979 | 106.6 kg/ha | -65.7% |
| 1980 | 249.5 kg/ha | +134.1% |
| 1981 | 361.1 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 1982 | 518.8 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 1983 | 433.4 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1984 | 148.5 kg/ha | -65.7% |
| 1985 | 181.6 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1986 | 409.1 kg/ha | +125.3% |
| 1987 | 606.5 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 1988 | 232.2 kg/ha | -61.7% |
| 1989 | 377.9 kg/ha | +62.7% |
| 1990 | 289.9 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1991 | 396.2 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1992 | 189.9 kg/ha | -52.1% |
| 1993 | 135.3 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1994 | 169.8 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1995 | 947.6 kg/ha | +458.1% |
| 1996 | 246.3 kg/ha | -74.0% |
| 1997 | 286.7 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1998 | 91 kg/ha | -68.3% |
| 1999 | 111.1 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2000 | 112.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 199.2 kg/ha | +77.4% |
| 2002 | 294.7 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 2003 | 214.4 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2004 | 174.3 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2005 | 229.7 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2006 | 251.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 121.9 kg/ha | -51.5% |
| 2008 | 184.4 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 2009 | 242.9 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2010 | 161.7 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 2011 | 347.3 kg/ha | +114.8% |
| 2012 | 137 kg/ha | -60.6% |
| 2013 | 84.9 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2014 | 274 kg/ha | +222.7% |
| 2015 | 255.2 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 250.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 240.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 321.5 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2019 | 202.9 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 2020 | 667 kg/ha | +228.7% |
| 2021 | 798 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2022 | 438.4 kg/ha | -45.1% |
| 2023 | 609.4 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2024 | 600 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 600 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 600 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +862.0% | 69.3 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +458.1% | 169.8 kg/ha | 947.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 447.28 kg/ha | 112.1 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 521.33 kg/ha | 69.3 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 351.86 kg/ha | 148.5 kg/ha | 606.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 286.38 kg/ha | 91 kg/ha | 947.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 202.49 kg/ha | 112.3 kg/ha | 294.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 227.51 kg/ha | 84.9 kg/ha | 347.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 622.56 kg/ha | 438.4 kg/ha | 798 kg/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 maize (corn) — yield in Botswana?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Botswana was 600 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,084 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.3 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Botswana rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Botswana ranks 163rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.0%. 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) — 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.