Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 4,493 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 4,493 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 4,847 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,730 ha, in 1961.
That places Botswana 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,730 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,790 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 1,840 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 1,857 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 1,949 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 2,127 ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 2,068 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 2,118 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 2,213 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 2,281 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 2,380 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 2,551 ha | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 2,660 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 2,760 ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 2,810 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 2,860 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 2,860 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,910 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 3,060 ha | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 2,960 ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 2,960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,960 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,060 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 3,160 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 3,060 ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 2,760 ha | -9.8% |
| 1989 | 3,160 ha | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 3,261 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 3,367 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 3,177 ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 3,459 ha | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 3,559 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 3,359 ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 3,469 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 3,363 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 3,255 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 3,360 ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 3,462 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 3,490 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,509 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,542 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 3,228 ha | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 3,344 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 3,356 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 4,131 ha | +23.1% |
| 2008 | 4,065 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 3,708 ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 3,617 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 3,666 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 3,732 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 3,773 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 3,853 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 4,096 ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 4,065 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 4,631 ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 4,737 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 4,847 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 4,601 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 4,530 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,428 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 4,531 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 4,493 ha | -0.8% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 4,493 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 11% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 4,493 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 7% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,966 ha | 1,730 ha | 2,213 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,713 ha | 2,281 ha | 3,060 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,000 ha | 2,760 ha | 3,160 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,363 ha | 3,177 ha | 3,559 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,584 ha | 3,228 ha | 4,131 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,102 ha | 3,617 ha | 4,847 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,517 ha | 4,428 ha | 4,601 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Botswana?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Botswana was 4,493 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 4,847 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,730 ha in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.