Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 9,078 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Botswana is 9,078 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 12,000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1961.
Botswana ranks 130th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,300 ha | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 8,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 8,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,800 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 8,906 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 9,500 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 9,496 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 9,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 9,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 10,012 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 10,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 11,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 11,114 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 11,185 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 12,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 11,828 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 11,365 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 10,970 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 10,250 ha | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 9,874 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 9,537 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 8,791 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 8,628 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 8,669 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 8,602 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 8,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 8,550 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 8,506 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 7,957 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 8,338 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 8,840 ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 9,146 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 9,341 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 8,697 ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 8,976 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 9,372 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 9,118 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 9,078 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,044 ha | 6,000 ha | 6,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,490 ha | 6,100 ha | 7,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,950 ha | 7,400 ha | 8,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,873 ha | 8,800 ha | 11,114 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,443 ha | 8,628 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,645 ha | 7,957 ha | 9,341 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,048 ha | 8,697 ha | 9,372 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Botswana?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Botswana was 9,078 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 130th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.