Sorghum — Yield in Botswana
Botswana: Sorghum — Yield was 1,325 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Yield in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 1,325 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.6% on the previous year and up 364.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Botswana peaked at 2,399 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 58.3 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Botswana 59th out of 111 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 — Yield in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 338.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 250 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1963 | 300 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 250 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 346.2 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1966 | 360 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 323.1 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1968 | 181.4 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1969 | 285.3 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 1970 | 58.3 kg/ha | -79.6% |
| 1971 | 455.4 kg/ha | +681.1% |
| 1972 | 1,065 kg/ha | +133.9% |
| 1973 | 158.5 kg/ha | -85.1% |
| 1974 | 903.8 kg/ha | +470.2% |
| 1975 | 338 kg/ha | -62.6% |
| 1976 | 555.4 kg/ha | +64.3% |
| 1977 | 330 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1978 | 221.4 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1979 | 101.7 kg/ha | -54.1% |
| 1980 | 223.2 kg/ha | +119.5% |
| 1981 | 231.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 103.8 kg/ha | -55.1% |
| 1983 | 150.4 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1984 | 116.5 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1985 | 178.3 kg/ha | +53.0% |
| 1986 | 164.9 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 158.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 387 kg/ha | +144.5% |
| 1989 | 263.1 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1990 | 250 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 366.3 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1992 | 290.9 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1993 | 523.6 kg/ha | +80.0% |
| 1994 | 218.2 kg/ha | -58.3% |
| 1995 | 359.7 kg/ha | +64.8% |
| 1996 | 359.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 245.5 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1998 | 336.4 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1999 | 266.9 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2000 | 358.2 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 2001 | 378.6 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 421.8 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 400.4 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 334.3 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2005 | 421.1 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2006 | 502.4 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 468.2 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 550.7 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 504.2 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 570.1 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 669 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2012 | 677.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 316.8 kg/ha | -53.3% |
| 2014 | 285.1 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 418.4 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2016 | 425.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 361.9 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 432.3 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2019 | 431.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 930.4 kg/ha | +115.7% |
| 2021 | 1,711 kg/ha | +83.9% |
| 2022 | 2,399 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2023 | 1,550 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 2024 | 1,325 kg/ha | -14.6% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 1,325 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 1,325 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +681.1% | 58.3 kg/ha | 455.4 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +470.2% | 158.5 kg/ha | 903.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 292.77 kg/ha | 181.4 kg/ha | 360 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 418.77 kg/ha | 58.3 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 197.67 kg/ha | 103.8 kg/ha | 387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 321.67 kg/ha | 218.2 kg/ha | 523.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 433.99 kg/ha | 334.3 kg/ha | 550.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 458.81 kg/ha | 285.1 kg/ha | 677.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,583 kg/ha | 930.4 kg/ha | 2,399 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 56 Nicaragua 1,500 kg/ha compare
- 57 Guinea 1,444 kg/ha compare
- 58 Dominican Republic 1,406 kg/ha compare
- 60 Benin 1,315 kg/ha compare
- 61 Bangladesh 1,271 kg/ha compare
- 62 Russian Federation 1,268 kg/ha 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 — yield in Botswana?
- Sorghum — yield in Botswana was 1,325 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,399 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.3 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Botswana rank for sorghum — yield?
- Botswana ranks 59th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 364.7%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.