Millet — Yield in Botswana
Botswana: Millet — Yield was 299.5 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Yield in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Botswana stood at 299.5 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.0% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Botswana peaked at 895.1 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 40 kg/ha, in 1972.
Botswana ranks 80th of 86 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Yield in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 447.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 895.1 kg/ha | +79.0% |
| 1965 | 204.5 kg/ha | -77.2% |
| 1966 | 423.3 kg/ha | +107.0% |
| 1967 | 399.7 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 624.2 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 1969 | 655.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 70.2 kg/ha | -89.3% |
| 1971 | 205.9 kg/ha | +193.3% |
| 1972 | 40 kg/ha | -80.6% |
| 1973 | 140 kg/ha | +250.0% |
| 1974 | 400 kg/ha | +185.7% |
| 1975 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 350 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 300 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 250 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 125 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1980 | 209.8 kg/ha | +67.8% |
| 1981 | 148 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1982 | 132.4 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1983 | 69 kg/ha | -47.9% |
| 1984 | 86.1 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1985 | 190.7 kg/ha | +121.5% |
| 1986 | 128.7 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 1987 | 66.4 kg/ha | -48.4% |
| 1988 | 406.6 kg/ha | +512.3% |
| 1989 | 172.2 kg/ha | -57.6% |
| 1990 | 183.3 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 178.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 125 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1993 | 147.6 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 359.1 kg/ha | +143.3% |
| 1995 | 278.6 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1996 | 278.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 169.6 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1998 | 110.8 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1999 | 177.4 kg/ha | +60.1% |
| 2000 | 236 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2001 | 135 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 2002 | 113.8 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2003 | 120 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 118.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 120 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 166.7 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2007 | 282.9 kg/ha | +69.7% |
| 2008 | 213.9 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 340.1 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 2010 | 359.4 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 234 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 2012 | 260.6 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 171.3 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 2014 | 496.1 kg/ha | +189.6% |
| 2015 | 195.2 kg/ha | -60.7% |
| 2016 | 314.9 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 2017 | 433 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2018 | 223.8 kg/ha | -48.3% |
| 2019 | 263.8 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 680.7 kg/ha | +158.0% |
| 2021 | 330.8 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 2022 | 205.2 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2023 | 209.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 299.5 kg/ha | +43.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 299.5 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,167 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 299.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +512.3% | 66.4 kg/ha | 406.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 516.63 kg/ha | 204.5 kg/ha | 895.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 228.11 kg/ha | 40 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 160.99 kg/ha | 66.4 kg/ha | 406.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 200.82 kg/ha | 110.8 kg/ha | 359.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 184.72 kg/ha | 113.8 kg/ha | 340.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 295.21 kg/ha | 171.3 kg/ha | 496.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 345.12 kg/ha | 205.2 kg/ha | 680.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 77 Sierra Leone 503.9 kg/ha compare
- 78 South Africa 489.4 kg/ha compare
- 79 Eritrea 333.3 kg/ha compare
- 81 Zimbabwe 293.2 kg/ha compare
- 82 Sudan 275.1 kg/ha compare
- 83 Sudan (former) 258.6 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Botswana?
- Millet — yield in Botswana was 299.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 895.1 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Botswana rank for millet — yield?
- Botswana ranks 80th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. 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 — 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.