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Arable land — Botswana

Arable land in Botswana in 2023 — 260,000 ha. Ranked 138 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 34.8%.

2023 260,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 138of 206
Period maximum 420,000 ha1990
Period minimum 182,000 ha2007

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Botswana, 1961–2023100,000200,000300,000400,000500,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 399,000 ha1963: 399,000 ha1965: 400,000 ha1967: 400,000 ha1969: 400,000 ha1971: 400,000 ha1973: 401,000 ha1975: 401,000 ha1977: 401,000 ha1979: 403,000 ha1981: 403,000 ha1983: 405,000 ha1985: 407,000 ha1987: 409,000 ha1989: 414,000 ha1991: 300,000 ha1993: 350,000 ha1995: 345,000 ha1997: 300,000 ha1999: 240,000 ha2001: 200,000 ha2003: 195,000 ha2005: 213,500 ha2007: 182,000 ha2009: 316,000 ha2011: 324,000 ha2013: 280,000 ha2015: 259,600 ha2017: 259,600 ha2019: 260,000 ha2021: 260,000 ha2023: 260,000 ha
Change over the period: −139,000 (−34.84%) Average annual rate: -0.69 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Botswana

Botswana 260,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Southern Africa computed 13.59M ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 374M ha
Arable land — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 260,000 +0 +0%
2022 260,000 +0 +0%
2021 260,000 +0 +0%
2020 260,000 +0 +0%
2019 260,000 +400 +0.15%
2018 259,600 +0 +0%
2017 259,600 +0 +0%
2016 259,600 +0 +0%
2015 259,600 −142,400 −35.42%
2014 402,000 +122,000 +43.57%
2013 280,000 −5,000 −1.75%
2012 285,000 −39,000 −12.04%
2011 324,000 +65,000 +25.1%
2010 259,000 −57,000 −18.04%
2009 316,000 +37,000 +13.26%
2008 279,000 +97,000 +53.3%
2007 182,000 −19,000 −9.45%
2006 201,000 −12,500 −5.85%
2005 213,500 −12,500 −5.53%
2004 226,000 +31,000 +15.9%
2003 195,000 −50,000 −20.41%
2002 245,000 +45,000 +22.5%
2001 200,000 −150,000 −42.86%
2000 350,000 +110,000 +45.83%
1999 240,000 +10,000 +4.35%
1998 230,000 −70,000 −23.33%
1997 300,000 −45,000 −13.04%
1996 345,000 +0 +0%
1995 345,000 −50,000 −12.66%
1994 395,000 +45,000 +12.86%
1993 350,000 +100,000 +40%
1992 250,000 −50,000 −16.67%
1991 300,000 −120,000 −28.57%
1990 420,000 +6,000 +1.45%
1989 414,000 +5,000 +1.22%
1988 409,000 +0 +0%
1987 409,000 +2,000 +0.49%
1986 407,000 +0 +0%
1985 407,000 +2,000 +0.49%
1984 405,000 +0 +0%
1983 405,000 +0 +0%
1982 405,000 +2,000 +0.5%
1981 403,000 +0 +0%
1980 403,000 +0 +0%
1979 403,000 +2,000 +0.5%
1978 401,000 +0 +0%
1977 401,000 +0 +0%
1976 401,000 +0 +0%
1975 401,000 +0 +0%
1974 401,000 +0 +0%
1973 401,000 +0 +0%
1972 401,000 +1,000 +0.25%
1971 400,000 +0 +0%
1970 400,000 +0 +0%
1969 400,000 +0 +0%
1968 400,000 +0 +0%
1967 400,000 +0 +0%
1966 400,000 +0 +0%
1965 400,000 +1,000 +0.25%
1964 399,000 +0 +0%
1963 399,000 +0 +0%
1962 399,000 +0 +0%
1961 399,000 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 12M NA Namibia 800,000 LS Lesotho 356,748 BW Botswana 260,000 SZ Eswatini 177,000
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About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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