Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 37 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Botswana, 2018–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Botswana is 37 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.9% on the previous year and down 47.1% over ten years.
Botswana ranks 95th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 70 ha | — |
| 2019 | 220 ha | +214.3% |
| 2020 | 7 ha | -96.8% |
| 2021 | 50 ha | +614.3% |
| 2022 | 42 ha | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 42 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 37 ha | -11.9% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 37 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 37 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 0% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 145 ha | 70 ha | 220 ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 35.6 ha | 7 ha | 50 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 93 Suriname 43 ha compare
- 94 Yemen 39 ha compare
- 96 Brunei Darussalam 35 ha compare
- 96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35 ha compare
- 98 Réunion 33 ha
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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Botswana?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Botswana was 37 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 220 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 ha in 2020.
- How does Botswana rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 95th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.