Starchy Roots — Food in Botswana
Botswana: Starchy Roots — Food was 129 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Botswana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starchy roots — food in Botswana is 129 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Botswana peaked at 137 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 104 1000 t, in 2010.
Botswana ranks 136th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 119.6 1000 t | 104 1000 t | 132 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 130 1000 t | 118 1000 t | 137 1000 t | 4 |
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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 starchy roots — food in Botswana?
- Starchy roots — food in Botswana was 129 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 137 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 104 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Botswana rank for starchy roots — food?
- Botswana ranks 136th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 Starchy Roots — Food. 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.