Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 39,033 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Botswana is 39,033 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 79.1% on the previous year and up 55.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 63,342 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,760 ha, in 2007.
That places Botswana 88th out of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 30,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 9,506 ha | -69.3% |
| 1991 | 9,574 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 9,642 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 9,711 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 9,780 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 9,849 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 9,918 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 9,988 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 10,058 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 10,129 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 10,041 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 9,860 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 9,688 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 9,522 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 9,256 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 9,096 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 5,009 ha | -44.9% |
| 2007 | 3,760 ha | -24.9% |
| 2008 | 13,938 ha | +270.7% |
| 2009 | 19,585 ha | +40.5% |
| 2010 | 16,995 ha | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 20,245 ha | +19.1% |
| 2012 | 13,465 ha | -33.5% |
| 2013 | 18,418 ha | +36.8% |
| 2014 | 25,185 ha | +36.7% |
| 2015 | 15,235 ha | -39.5% |
| 2016 | 20,291 ha | +33.2% |
| 2017 | 15,701 ha | -22.6% |
| 2018 | 36,335 ha | +131.4% |
| 2019 | 15,437 ha | -57.5% |
| 2020 | 43,258 ha | +180.2% |
| 2021 | 36,869 ha | -14.8% |
| 2022 | 63,342 ha | +71.8% |
| 2023 | 21,792 ha | -65.6% |
| 2024 | 39,033 ha | +79.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 39,033 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 2.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 39,033 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 24% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 | +270.7% | 3,760 ha | 13,938 ha |
| 2020 | +180.2% | 15,437 ha | 43,258 ha |
| 2018 | +131.4% | 15,701 ha | 36,335 ha |
| 2024 | +79.1% | 21,792 ha | 39,033 ha |
| 2022 | +71.8% | 36,869 ha | 63,342 ha |
| 1990 | -69.3% | 31,000 ha | 9,506 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,333 ha | 20,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,100 ha | 30,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,816 ha | 9,506 ha | 10,129 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,976 ha | 3,760 ha | 19,585 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,731 ha | 13,465 ha | 36,335 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,859 ha | 21,792 ha | 63,342 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Botswana?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Botswana was 39,033 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 63,342 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,760 ha in 2007.
- How does Botswana rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 88th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.0%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.