Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Botswana
Botswana: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 4,406 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Botswana is 4,406 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Botswana peaked at 320,000 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,600 An, in 2019.
Botswana ranks 158th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Botswana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 154,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 158,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 162,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 166,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 170,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 174,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 178,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 182,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 186,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 190,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 194,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 198,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 195,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 192,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 200,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 215,000 An | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 230,000 An | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 240,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 250,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 260,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 260,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 270,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 280,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 270,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 275,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 280,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 285,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 290,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 305,000 An | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 320,000 An | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 4,000 An | -98.8% |
| 1992 | 6,200 An | +55.0% |
| 1993 | 5,800 An | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 6,300 An | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 7,100 An | +12.7% |
| 1996 | 6,600 An | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 6,500 An | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 6,700 An | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 7,100 An | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 7,100 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,800 An | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 6,000 An | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,200 An | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 6,200 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6,300 An | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 6,300 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,600 An | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 7,000 An | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 6,900 An | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 6,300 An | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 5,900 An | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 5,100 An | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 5,300 An | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 4,800 An | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 4,000 An | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,600 An | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 3,600 An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4,000 An | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 4,300 An | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 4,386 An | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 4,406 An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170,000 An | 154,000 An | 186,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 210,400 An | 190,000 An | 250,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 277,500 An | 260,000 An | 305,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,630 An | 4,000 An | 320,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,350 An | 6,000 An | 7,100 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,290 An | 3,600 An | 7,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,138 An | 3,600 An | 4,406 An | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.78 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.78 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Botswana?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Botswana was 4,406 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 320,000 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,600 An in 2019.
- How does Botswana rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Botswana ranks 158th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. 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 Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals. 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.