Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana
Botswana: Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 0.4866 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 0.4866 kg/ha for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in 2023.
That represents a change of up 24.9% on the previous year and up 142.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana peaked at 0.5256 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0964 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Botswana 152nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.234 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.276 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1963 | 0.2954 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3319 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1965 | 0.3676 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 0.3239 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1967 | 0.2381 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1968 | 0.2832 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1969 | 0.2649 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0964 kg/ha | -63.6% |
| 1971 | 0.306 kg/ha | +217.4% |
| 1972 | 0.4696 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 1973 | 0.2259 kg/ha | -51.9% |
| 1974 | 0.413 kg/ha | +82.8% |
| 1975 | 0.3037 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1976 | 0.3874 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1977 | 0.2816 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1978 | 0.2271 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1979 | 0.1938 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1854 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 0.2015 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2491 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1983 | 0.2309 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 0.1795 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1985 | 0.1833 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.1698 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1571 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2165 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1989 | 0.1836 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1990 | 0.1671 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2268 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1996 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 0.244 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 0.1484 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2668 kg/ha | +79.8% |
| 1996 | 0.1945 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1919 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2224 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1999 | 0.1966 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1735 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2515 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2502 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2609 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2179 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2298 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2536 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2803 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 0.2592 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 0.225 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2457 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3118 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2778 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2003 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2536 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3232 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3031 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3033 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3356 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3399 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4909 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 2021 | 0.5256 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3897 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4866 kg/ha | +24.9% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 0.4866 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.25 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 0.4866 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.04 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +217.4% | 0.0964 kg/ha | 0.306 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2906 kg/ha | 0.234 kg/ha | 0.3676 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2904 kg/ha | 0.0964 kg/ha | 0.4696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1957 kg/ha | 0.1571 kg/ha | 0.2491 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2058 kg/ha | 0.1484 kg/ha | 0.2668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2402 kg/ha | 0.1735 kg/ha | 0.2803 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2894 kg/ha | 0.2003 kg/ha | 0.3399 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4732 kg/ha | 0.3897 kg/ha | 0.5256 kg/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3323 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana?
- Crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana was 0.4866 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5256 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0964 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Botswana rank for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Botswana ranks 152nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 142.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).