Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 6,016 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Botswana stood at 6,016 ha.
That represents a change of down 53.3% on the previous year and up 373.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 13,821 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Botswana ranks 50th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1967 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | -80.0% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +566.7% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 5,100 ha | -15.0% |
| 1980 | 6,700 ha | +31.4% |
| 1981 | 2,900 ha | -56.7% |
| 1982 | 1,940 ha | -33.1% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | -74.2% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +160.0% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | -53.8% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1994 | 991 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 991 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +202.7% |
| 1997 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 5,500 ha | +37.5% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 4,400 ha | -26.7% |
| 2001 | 6,200 ha | +40.9% |
| 2002 | 6,352 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 6,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 6,426 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 4,240 ha | -34.0% |
| 2007 | 1,533 ha | -63.8% |
| 2008 | 8,424 ha | +449.5% |
| 2009 | 2,853 ha | -66.1% |
| 2010 | 5,624 ha | +97.1% |
| 2011 | 13,821 ha | +145.8% |
| 2012 | 4,918 ha | -64.4% |
| 2013 | 3,163 ha | -35.7% |
| 2014 | 1,272 ha | -59.8% |
| 2015 | 1,620 ha | +27.4% |
| 2016 | 2,565 ha | +58.3% |
| 2017 | 295 ha | -88.5% |
| 2018 | 1,650 ha | +459.3% |
| 2019 | 447 ha | -72.9% |
| 2020 | 2,022 ha | +352.3% |
| 2021 | 1,564 ha | -22.7% |
| 2022 | 2,083 ha | +33.2% |
| 2023 | 12,890 ha | +518.8% |
| 2024 | 6,016 ha | -53.3% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 6,016 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,918 ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 6,016 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,569 ha, 29% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +566.7% | 300 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 2023 | +518.8% | 2,083 ha | 12,890 ha |
| 2018 | +459.3% | 295 ha | 1,650 ha |
| 2008 | +449.5% | 1,533 ha | 8,424 ha |
| 2020 | +352.3% | 447 ha | 2,022 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600 ha | 0 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,680 ha | 300 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,604 ha | 400 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,308 ha | 500 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,263 ha | 1,533 ha | 8,424 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,538 ha | 295 ha | 13,821 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,915 ha | 1,564 ha | 12,890 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Botswana?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Botswana was 6,016 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 13,821 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 50th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 373.0%. 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 Sunflower seed — Area harvested. 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.