Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Botswana
Botswana: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 138.56 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Botswana is 138.56 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.4% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Botswana peaked at 344.21 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 76.84 t, in 1981.
That places Botswana 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Botswana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 77.72 t | — |
| 1962 | 88.83 t | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 99.93 t | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 102.15 t | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 99.93 t | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 122.14 t | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 133.24 t | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 144.34 t | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 155.45 t | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 155.45 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 156.21 t | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 160.62 t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 164.33 t | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 155.45 t | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 124.36 t | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 106.59 t | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 93.27 t | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 88.83 t | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 86.61 t | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 100.82 t | +16.4% |
| 1981 | 76.84 t | -23.8% |
| 1982 | 102.15 t | +32.9% |
| 1983 | 119.92 t | +17.4% |
| 1984 | 124.36 t | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 146.57 t | +17.9% |
| 1986 | 166.55 t | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 177.66 t | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 188.76 t | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 204.3 t | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 226.51 t | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 239.83 t | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 210.97 t | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 179.88 t | -14.7% |
| 1994 | 190.98 t | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 244.28 t | +27.9% |
| 1996 | 255.38 t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 322 t | +26.1% |
| 1998 | 344.21 t | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 333.1 t | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 288.69 t | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 266.48 t | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 244.28 t | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 210.97 t | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 233.17 t | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 255.38 t | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 286.47 t | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 286.47 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 310.9 t | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 285.36 t | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 288.69 t | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 293.13 t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 297.57 t | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 283 t | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 231.73 t | -18.1% |
| 2015 | 244.28 t | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 236.33 t | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 222.07 t | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 233.25 t | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 242.5 t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 221.12 t | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 214.56 t | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 194 t | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 167.65 t | -13.6% |
| 2024 | 138.56 t | -17.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113.75 t | 77.72 t | 155.45 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 129.17 t | 86.61 t | 164.33 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 140.79 t | 76.84 t | 204.3 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 254.71 t | 179.88 t | 344.21 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 266.82 t | 210.97 t | 310.9 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 257.25 t | 222.07 t | 297.57 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 187.18 t | 138.56 t | 221.12 t | 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 raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Botswana?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Botswana was 138.56 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 344.21 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.84 t in 1981.
- How does Botswana rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Botswana ranks 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production. 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.