Sorghum — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Sorghum — Area harvested was 22,646 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Botswana stood at 22,646 ha.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 243,800 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 16,512 ha, in 2017.
That places Botswana 55th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 ha | -77.8% |
| 1963 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 26,000 ha | -35.0% |
| 1966 | 50,000 ha | +92.3% |
| 1967 | 176,886 ha | +253.8% |
| 1968 | 57,333 ha | -67.6% |
| 1969 | 104,454 ha | +82.2% |
| 1970 | 133,800 ha | +28.1% |
| 1971 | 160,957 ha | +20.3% |
| 1972 | 64,118 ha | -60.2% |
| 1973 | 65,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 80,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1975 | 100,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 70,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1979 | 42,300 ha | -39.6% |
| 1980 | 130,400 ha | +208.3% |
| 1981 | 122,400 ha | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 37,300 ha | -69.5% |
| 1983 | 34,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 49,100 ha | +41.1% |
| 1985 | 82,900 ha | +68.8% |
| 1986 | 97,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1987 | 113,900 ha | +17.4% |
| 1988 | 243,800 ha | +114.0% |
| 1989 | 201,200 ha | -17.5% |
| 1990 | 152,700 ha | -24.1% |
| 1991 | 90,100 ha | -41.0% |
| 1992 | 55,000 ha | -39.0% |
| 1993 | 72,388 ha | +31.6% |
| 1994 | 170,000 ha | +134.8% |
| 1995 | 106,194 ha | -37.5% |
| 1996 | 164,408 ha | +54.8% |
| 1997 | 68,469 ha | -58.4% |
| 1998 | 27,000 ha | -60.6% |
| 1999 | 48,711 ha | +80.4% |
| 2000 | 31,606 ha | -35.1% |
| 2001 | 39,624 ha | +25.4% |
| 2002 | 37,474 ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 80,658 ha | +115.2% |
| 2004 | 51,000 ha | -36.8% |
| 2005 | 43,495 ha | -14.7% |
| 2006 | 52,000 ha | +19.6% |
| 2007 | 56,863 ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 42,914 ha | -24.5% |
| 2009 | 58,661 ha | +36.7% |
| 2010 | 57,475 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 48,719 ha | -15.2% |
| 2012 | 35,434 ha | -27.3% |
| 2013 | 32,295 ha | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 50,198 ha | +55.4% |
| 2015 | 84,874 ha | +69.1% |
| 2016 | 65,386 ha | -23.0% |
| 2017 | 16,512 ha | -74.7% |
| 2018 | 112,466 ha | +581.1% |
| 2019 | 83,358 ha | -25.9% |
| 2020 | 94,345 ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 27,804 ha | -70.5% |
| 2022 | 32,210 ha | +15.8% |
| 2023 | 23,122 ha | -28.2% |
| 2024 | 22,646 ha | -2.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 22,646 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 2.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 22,646 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 10% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Botswana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +581.1% | 16,512 ha | 112,466 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79,408 ha | 26,000 ha | 180,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 91,618 ha | 42,300 ha | 160,957 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 111,280 ha | 34,800 ha | 243,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 95,497 ha | 27,000 ha | 170,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,430 ha | 31,606 ha | 80,658 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,672 ha | 16,512 ha | 112,466 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,025 ha | 22,646 ha | 94,345 ha | 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 sorghum — area harvested in Botswana?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Botswana was 22,646 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 243,800 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,512 ha in 2017.
- How does Botswana rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 55th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. 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 — 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.