Sorghum and products — Food supply in Botswana
Botswana: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 91.82 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Botswana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sorghum and products — food supply in Botswana stood at 91.82 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 20.7% on the previous year and down 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Botswana peaked at 230.24 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 25.8 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
That places Botswana 10th out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 230.24 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 214.85 kcal/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 209.81 kcal/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 185.5 kcal/cap/d | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 64.34 kcal/cap/d | -65.3% |
| 2015 | 130.55 kcal/cap/d | +102.9% |
| 2016 | 46.87 kcal/cap/d | -64.1% |
| 2017 | 26.03 kcal/cap/d | -44.5% |
| 2018 | 25.8 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 55.13 kcal/cap/d | +113.7% |
| 2020 | 79.79 kcal/cap/d | +44.7% |
| 2021 | 63.52 kcal/cap/d | -20.4% |
| 2022 | 115.75 kcal/cap/d | +82.2% |
| 2023 | 91.82 kcal/cap/d | -20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 118.91 kcal/cap/d | 25.8 kcal/cap/d | 230.24 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.72 kcal/cap/d | 63.52 kcal/cap/d | 115.75 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 7 Rwanda 110.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Melanesia 3.21 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 El Salvador 107.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Senegal 106.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Micronesia 0.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 16.36 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 0.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Ghana 70.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 66.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Yemen 37.53 kcal/cap/d compare
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 sorghum and products — food supply in Botswana?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Botswana was 91.82 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 230.24 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.8 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Botswana rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Botswana ranks 10th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. 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 Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.