Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Botswana
Botswana: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 101,064 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — milk animals in Botswana stood at 101,064 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Botswana peaked at 454,000 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 96,000 An, in 2003.
Botswana ranks 144th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 239,778 An | 214,000 An | 266,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 306,300 An | 273,000 An | 357,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 398,800 An | 370,000 An | 437,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 174,230 An | 127,100 An | 454,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 132,537 An | 96,000 An | 162,600 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 129,374 An | 100,128 An | 170,900 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 101,380 An | 99,378 An | 103,165 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 141 Sierra Leone 119,967 An compare
- 142 Latvia 119,140 An compare
- 143 Montenegro 113,208 An compare
- 145 China, Taiwan Province of 100,447 An compare
- 146 Slovenia 99,950 An compare
- 147 Estonia 84,914 An 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 milk, total — milk animals in Botswana?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Botswana was 101,064 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 454,000 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 96,000 An in 2003.
- How does Botswana rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Botswana ranks 144th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Milk Animals. 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.