Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 8,053 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Botswana stood at 8,053 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 46.4% on the previous year and up 167.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 15,669 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,508 ha, in 1965.
That places Botswana 141st out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,451 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,966 ha | -63.9% |
| 1963 | 3,500 ha | +78.0% |
| 1964 | 3,287 ha | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 1,508 ha | -54.1% |
| 1966 | 2,384 ha | +58.1% |
| 1967 | 4,389 ha | +84.1% |
| 1968 | 6,377 ha | +45.3% |
| 1969 | 6,649 ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 6,429 ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 8,770 ha | +36.4% |
| 1972 | 7,500 ha | -14.5% |
| 1973 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 7,400 ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 9,100 ha | +23.0% |
| 1976 | 9,600 ha | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 12,100 ha | +26.0% |
| 1978 | 11,600 ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 8,800 ha | -24.1% |
| 1980 | 11,600 ha | +31.8% |
| 1981 | 8,300 ha | -28.4% |
| 1982 | 3,761 ha | -54.7% |
| 1983 | 2,200 ha | -41.5% |
| 1984 | 4,200 ha | +90.9% |
| 1985 | 2,700 ha | -35.7% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 2,100 ha | -16.0% |
| 1988 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 2,769 ha | +15.4% |
| 1991 | 3,255 ha | +17.6% |
| 1992 | 2,417 ha | -25.7% |
| 1993 | 2,780 ha | +15.0% |
| 1994 | 3,035 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 3,005 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 5,031 ha | +67.4% |
| 1997 | 9,000 ha | +78.9% |
| 1998 | 6,800 ha | -24.4% |
| 1999 | 7,983 ha | +17.4% |
| 2000 | 6,730 ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 8,105 ha | +20.4% |
| 2002 | 8,156 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 7,291 ha | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 7,843 ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 8,147 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 5,819 ha | -28.6% |
| 2007 | 2,326 ha | -60.0% |
| 2008 | 9,918 ha | +326.4% |
| 2009 | 5,603 ha | -43.5% |
| 2010 | 9,129 ha | +62.9% |
| 2011 | 15,669 ha | +71.6% |
| 2012 | 5,928 ha | -62.2% |
| 2013 | 4,274 ha | -27.9% |
| 2014 | 3,011 ha | -29.6% |
| 2015 | 2,756 ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 4,008 ha | +45.4% |
| 2017 | 1,691 ha | -57.8% |
| 2018 | 4,063 ha | +140.3% |
| 2019 | 1,602 ha | -60.6% |
| 2020 | 4,823 ha | +201.1% |
| 2021 | 3,789 ha | -21.4% |
| 2022 | 5,158 ha | +36.1% |
| 2023 | 15,019 ha | +191.2% |
| 2024 | 8,053 ha | -46.4% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 8,053 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68,160 ha, 12% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 8,053 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 2% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +326.4% | 2,326 ha | 9,918 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,946 ha | 1,508 ha | 6,649 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,890 ha | 6,429 ha | 12,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,206 ha | 2,100 ha | 11,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,608 ha | 2,417 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,994 ha | 2,326 ha | 9,918 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,213 ha | 1,602 ha | 15,669 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,368 ha | 3,789 ha | 15,019 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0305 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1024 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0013 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 10.09 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Botswana?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Botswana was 8,053 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 15,669 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,508 ha in 1965.
- How does Botswana rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 141st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 167.5%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.