Wheat and products — Import quantity in Botswana
Botswana: Wheat and products — Import quantity was 170 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Import quantity in Botswana, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 170 1000 t for wheat and products — import quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — import quantity in Botswana peaked at 223 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 66 1000 t, in 2012.
That places Botswana 139th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Import quantity in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 223 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 104 1000 t | -53.4% |
| 2012 | 66 1000 t | -36.5% |
| 2013 | 134 1000 t | +103.0% |
| 2014 | 136 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 128 1000 t | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 125 1000 t | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 117 1000 t | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 129 1000 t | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 144 1000 t | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 180 1000 t | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 138 1000 t | -23.3% |
| 2022 | 159 1000 t | +15.2% |
| 2023 | 170 1000 t | +6.9% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 170 1000 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 450 1000 t, 38% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 170 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 277.5 1000 t, 61% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat and products — Import quantity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +103.0% | 66 1000 t | 134 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 130.6 1000 t | 66 1000 t | 223 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 161.75 1000 t | 138 1000 t | 180 1000 t | 4 |
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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 wheat and products — import quantity in Botswana?
- Wheat and products — import quantity in Botswana was 170 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — import quantity recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 223 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — import quantity recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 66 1000 t in 2012.
- How does Botswana rank for wheat and products — import quantity?
- Botswana ranks 139th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — import quantity rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. 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 Wheat and products — Import quantity. 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.