Milk, Total — Production in Botswana
Botswana: Milk, Total — Production was 36,704 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Production in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, milk, total — production in Botswana stood at 36,704 t.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — production in Botswana peaked at 115,350 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 33,334 t, in 2019.
Botswana ranks 154th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,244 t | 55,400 t | 67,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 76,038 t | 68,575 t | 90,175 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 100,158 t | 93,750 t | 110,050 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,157 t | 37,843 t | 115,350 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,516 t | 46,061 t | 56,341 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,978 t | 33,334 t | 58,350 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,788 t | 34,152 t | 38,342 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 151 Malta 41,210 t compare
- 152 Guinea-Bissau 39,124 t compare
- 153 Côte d'Ivoire 38,872 t compare
- 155 Philippines 33,970 t compare
- 156 Cambodia 24,320 t compare
- 157 Mozambique 23,569 t 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 — production in Botswana?
- Milk, total — production in Botswana was 36,704 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 115,350 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,334 t in 2019.
- How does Botswana rank for milk, total — production?
- Botswana ranks 154th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — production rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. 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 — 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.