Wheat — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Wheat — Area harvested was 1,160 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Botswana is 1,160 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.3% on the previous year and up 87.1% over five years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 1,300 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2009.
That places Botswana 110th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 190 ha | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +57.9% |
| 1970 | 190 ha | -36.7% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 382 ha | -23.6% |
| 1991 | 674 ha | +76.4% |
| 1992 | 233 ha | -65.4% |
| 1993 | 423 ha | +81.5% |
| 1994 | 503 ha | +18.9% |
| 1995 | 471 ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 371 ha | -21.2% |
| 1997 | 363 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -17.4% |
| 1999 | 299 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 274 ha | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 350 ha | +27.7% |
| 2002 | 231 ha | -34.0% |
| 2003 | 215 ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 205 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 187 ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 179 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 80 ha | -55.3% |
| 2008 | 130 ha | +62.5% |
| 2009 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 0 ha | — |
| 2011 | 0 ha | — |
| 2012 | 0 ha | — |
| 2013 | 0 ha | — |
| 2014 | 0 ha | — |
| 2015 | 0 ha | — |
| 2016 | 0 ha | — |
| 2017 | 0 ha | — |
| 2018 | 910 ha | — |
| 2019 | 620 ha | -31.9% |
| 2020 | 755 ha | +21.8% |
| 2021 | 852 ha | +12.8% |
| 2022 | 1,300 ha | +52.6% |
| 2023 | 804 ha | -38.2% |
| 2024 | 1,160 ha | +44.3% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 1,160 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 0% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 1,160 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 9% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -100.0% | 130 ha | 0 ha |
| 1993 | +81.5% | 233 ha | 423 ha |
| 1991 | +76.4% | 382 ha | 674 ha |
| 1981 | +66.7% | 300 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185.56 ha | 160 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 255 ha | 190 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 480 ha | 300 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 401.9 ha | 233 ha | 674 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 185.1 ha | 0 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 153 ha | 0 ha | 910 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 974.2 ha | 755 ha | 1,300 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 wheat — area harvested in Botswana?
- Wheat — area harvested in Botswana was 1,160 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2009.
- How does Botswana rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 110th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.