Wheat — Yield in Botswana
Botswana: Wheat — Yield was 1,144 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Yield in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Botswana is 1,144 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.6% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Botswana peaked at 2,618 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 608.1 kg/ha, in 2019.
Botswana ranks 113th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,368 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 2,368 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,384 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 2,237 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 1,895 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1971 | 2,500 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1972 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,068 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1974 | 2,037 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 2,037 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,111 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 2,000 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,618 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1991 | 2,227 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1992 | 2,147 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 2,068 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 1,989 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 1,909 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 1,893 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,722 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 1,667 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,632 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 1,586 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,571 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 1,455 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 1,366 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 1,269 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 1,161 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 1,046 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 900 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2008 | 800 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 1,332 kg/ha | +66.5% |
| 2019 | 608.1 kg/ha | -54.3% |
| 2020 | 1,362 kg/ha | +123.9% |
| 2021 | 1,502 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 2,200 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2023 | 1,008 kg/ha | -54.2% |
| 2024 | 1,144 kg/ha | +13.6% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 1,144 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 1,144 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +123.9% | 608.1 kg/ha | 1,362 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +66.5% | 800 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -54.3% | 1,332 kg/ha | 608.1 kg/ha |
| 2023 | -54.2% | 2,200 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +46.4% | 1,502 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,429 kg/ha | 2,237 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,115 kg/ha | 1,895 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,987 kg/ha | 1,632 kg/ha | 2,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,239 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,586 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 970 kg/ha | 608.1 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,443 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/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 — yield in Botswana?
- Wheat — yield in Botswana was 1,144 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,618 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 608.1 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Botswana rank for wheat — yield?
- Botswana ranks 113th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. 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.