Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Botswana
Botswana: Seed cotton, unginned — Production was 983.33 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — production in Botswana is 983.33 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — production in Botswana peaked at 6,282 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 966.53 t, in 2019.
Botswana ranks 72nd of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,793 t | 2,500 t | 6,282 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,867 t | 1,407 t | 3,443 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,000 t | 3,000 t | 3,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,732 t | 2,300 t | 3,343 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,323 t | 1,356 t | 3,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,043 t | 966.53 t | 1,307 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 984.43 t | 980.17 t | 988.84 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 69 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,450 t compare
- 70 Bulgaria 1,385 t compare
- 73 Haiti 928.66 t compare
- 74 Albania 801.71 t compare
- 75 Costa Rica 717.2 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- 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)
- Rural population 32.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 821,007 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 354.96 million current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,023 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — production in Botswana?
- Seed cotton, unginned — production in Botswana was 983.33 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,282 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 966.53 t in 2019.
- How does Botswana rank for seed cotton, unginned — production?
- Botswana ranks 72nd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — production rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — 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.