Potatoes — Yield in Botswana
Botswana: Potatoes — Yield was 3,852 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Botswana, 2017–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Botswana stood at 3,852 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 75.0% over ten years.
That places Botswana 147th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Potatoes — Yield in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15,431 kg/ha | — |
| 2018 | 15,477 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,118 kg/ha | -86.3% |
| 2020 | 5,831 kg/ha | +175.4% |
| 2021 | 3,156 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 2022 | 2,886 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 3,894 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2024 | 3,852 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 3,852 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 3,852 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11,009 kg/ha | 2,118 kg/ha | 15,477 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2020s | 3,924 kg/ha | 2,886 kg/ha | 5,831 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 144 Madagascar 6,038 kg/ha compare
- 145 Mauritania 5,915 kg/ha compare
- 146 Papua New Guinea 5,792 kg/ha compare
- 148 Nigeria 3,755 kg/ha compare
- 149 Eswatini 2,097 kg/ha compare
- 150 Paraguay 2,089 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 potatoes — yield in Botswana?
- Potatoes — yield in Botswana was 3,852 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 15,477 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,118 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Botswana rank for potatoes — yield?
- Botswana ranks 147th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.0%. 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 Potatoes — 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.