Millet — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Millet — Area harvested was 3,338 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 3,338 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.6% on the previous year and down 51.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 29,137 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1962.
That places Botswana 57th out of 86 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.
Millet — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 324 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 324 ha | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 3,296 ha | +917.3% |
| 1966 | 1,193 ha | -63.8% |
| 1967 | 16,013 ha | +1242.2% |
| 1968 | 12,087 ha | -24.5% |
| 1969 | 10,382 ha | -14.1% |
| 1970 | 18,092 ha | +74.3% |
| 1971 | 29,137 ha | +61.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | -65.7% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 14,300 ha | +78.8% |
| 1981 | 12,700 ha | -11.2% |
| 1982 | 3,400 ha | -73.2% |
| 1983 | 6,300 ha | +85.3% |
| 1984 | 8,300 ha | +31.7% |
| 1985 | 9,700 ha | +16.9% |
| 1986 | 10,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 5,500 ha | -45.5% |
| 1988 | 9,100 ha | +65.5% |
| 1989 | 11,500 ha | +26.4% |
| 1990 | 9,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 1991 | 7,300 ha | -18.9% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | -45.2% |
| 1993 | 11,000 ha | +175.0% |
| 1994 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 7,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1996 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1997 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 4,575 ha | -42.8% |
| 1999 | 4,848 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | -58.7% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | -80.0% |
| 2002 | 800 ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 500 ha | -37.5% |
| 2004 | 800 ha | +60.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 2007 | 2,319 ha | -22.7% |
| 2008 | 7,650 ha | +229.9% |
| 2009 | 8,136 ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 9,476 ha | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 10,729 ha | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 7,516 ha | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 8,120 ha | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 6,850 ha | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 2,843 ha | -58.5% |
| 2016 | 5,321 ha | +87.2% |
| 2017 | 2,538 ha | -52.3% |
| 2018 | 11,003 ha | +333.5% |
| 2019 | 3,420 ha | -68.9% |
| 2020 | 10,826 ha | +216.5% |
| 2021 | 5,361 ha | -50.5% |
| 2022 | 7,129 ha | +33.0% |
| 2023 | 4,610 ha | -35.3% |
| 2024 | 3,338 ha | -27.6% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 3,338 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,746 ha, 89% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 3,338 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 5% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +1242.2% | 1,193 ha | 16,013 ha |
| 1965 | +917.3% | 324 ha | 3,296 ha |
| 2018 | +333.5% | 2,538 ha | 11,003 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,913 ha | 300 ha | 16,013 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,523 ha | 8,000 ha | 29,137 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,090 ha | 3,400 ha | 14,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,472 ha | 4,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,660 ha | 400 ha | 8,136 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,782 ha | 2,538 ha | 11,003 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,253 ha | 3,338 ha | 10,826 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 millet — area harvested in Botswana?
- Millet — area harvested in Botswana was 3,338 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 29,137 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1962.
- How does Botswana rank for millet — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 57th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.3%. 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 Millet — Area harvested. 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.