Cereal yield in Botswana

Cereal farms in Botswana harvested 900 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Botswana, 2024 900 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +3.5% 2023: 870 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Botswana (2024).
Position in 2024 161st of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Botswana over time

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

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period BotswanaWorld
2024 900 kg per hectare –
2023 870 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 1,032 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 1,003 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 802 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 384 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 396 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 317 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 362 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 415 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 305 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 218 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 367 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 452 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 372 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 364 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 361 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 396 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 372 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 313 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 274 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 394 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 357 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 338 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 204 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.5% from 870 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 305 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +195.0%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Botswana has the 161st highest value.

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
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 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)