Agriculture & Rural in Botswana

31 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Botswana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% 2023 down 79.6% 175th
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% 2023 up 50.0% 131st
Rural population 32.0% 2025 down 7.4% 118th
Rural population growth 0.1% 2025 down 84.0% 108th
Rural population 821,007 2025 up 7.7% 138th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% 2025 down 8.6% 156th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 354.96 million current US$ 2025 up 34.7% 158th
Land under cereal production 60,588 hectares 2024 down 63.2% 139th
Cereal yield 900.4 kg per hectare 2024 up 195.0% 163rd
Cereal production 54,554 metric tons 2024 up 8.6% 147th
Fertilizer consumption 93.08 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 15.6% 93rd
Land area 566,730 sq. km 2023 unchanged 47th
Agricultural land 258,620 sq. km 2023 down 0.1% 43rd
Agricultural land 45.6% 2023 down 0.1% 77th
Arable land 260,000 hectares 2023 down 7.1% 138th
Permanent cropland 0.0% 2023 unchanged 201st
Arable land 0.5% 2023 down 7.1% 197th
Arable land 0.1048 hectares per person 2023 down 19.9% 106th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 7.6% 2025 down 22.7% 102nd
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 26.4% 2025 up 20.7% 70th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 18.0% 2025 up 9.0% 83rd
Average precipitation in depth 416 mm per year 2022 unchanged 150th
Crop production index 138.33 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 65.0% 13th
Food production index 96.87 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 24.1% 161st
Livestock production index 90.32 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 32.8% 173rd
Forest area 26.3% 2023 down 7.4% 115th
Forest area 148,998 sq. km 2023 down 7.4% 44th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 28.0% 2022 down 26.8% 129th
Surface area 581,730 sq. km 2023 unchanged 49th
Access to electricity, rural 45.9% 2024 up 71.3% 180th
Agricultural irrigated land 0.0% 2014 up 727.7% 83rd