Capture fisheries production in Botswana

Capture fisheries in Botswana landed 40 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Botswana, 2024 40 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 −96.2% 2023: 1,041 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 205th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Botswana over time

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Metric tonnes. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Capture fisheries production (metric tonnes), 2000 to 2024
Period BotswanaWorld
2024 40 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 1,041 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 3,694 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 2,045 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 1,583 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 1,998 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 1,638 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 3,238 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 938 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 4,521 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 5,668 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 4,431 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 3,178 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 2,234 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 1,560 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 1,699 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 460 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 442 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 81 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 132 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 161 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 131 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 139 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 270 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 177 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −96.2% from 1,041 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5,668 tonnes, the figure has changed by −99.3%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Botswana has the 205th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 tonnes.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.FSH.CAPT.MT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Botswana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)