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 145th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Production in Botswana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 56,850 t | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 58,325 t | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 59,775 t | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 61,250 t | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 62,700 t | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 64,175 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 65,625 t | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 67,100 t | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 68,575 t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 70,050 t | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 71,550 t | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 70,575 t | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 69,575 t | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 72,425 t | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 77,750 t | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 83,075 t | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 86,625 t | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 90,175 t | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 93,750 t | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 93,825 t | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 97,375 t | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 100,925 t | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 97,500 t | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 99,325 t | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 101,125 t | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 102,950 t | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 104,750 t | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 110,050 t | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 115,350 t | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 37,843 t | -67.2% |
| 1992 | 49,633 t | +31.2% |
| 1993 | 47,275 t | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 50,372 t | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 56,964 t | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 52,416 t | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 53,864 t | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 53,442 t | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 54,407 t | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 55,889 t | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 52,902 t | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 47,199 t | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 46,061 t | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 47,302 t | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 50,020 t | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 53,401 t | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 53,740 t | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 52,300 t | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 56,341 t | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 56,928 t | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 58,350 t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 55,472 t | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 53,881 t | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 44,311 t | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 43,846 t | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 41,809 t | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 36,002 t | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 35,844 t | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 33,334 t | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 35,060 t | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 34,682 t | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 38,342 t | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 34,152 t | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 36,704 t | +7.5% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 36,704 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 540,239 t, 7% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 36,704 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 221,864 t, 17% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -67.2% | 115,350 t | 37,843 t |
| 1992 | +31.2% | 37,843 t | 49,633 t |
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 |
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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 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 145th out of 185 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.