Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre in Botswana
Botswana: Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre was 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre in Botswana, 1980–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre for pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
That represents a change of up 119.1% on the previous year and up 2,822.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre in Botswana peaked at 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 USD per square kilometre, in 1980.
Botswana ranks 130th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre in Botswana, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1981 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | +700.0% |
| 1983 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | +87.5% |
| 1984 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +200.0% |
| 1988 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +193.3% |
| 1990 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -86.4% |
| 1991 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | +2750.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | -81.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +46.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -67.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +121.1% |
| 2000 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -74.6% |
| 2001 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -29.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +629.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +52.5% |
| 2004 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -97.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +3469.8% |
| 2006 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -76.8% |
| 2007 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -36.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0002 1000 USD per square kilometre | +614.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | +76.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | -79.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | +54.9% |
| 2013 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -85.7% |
| 2014 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 1000 USD per square kilometre | +1630.2% |
| 2016 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -93.6% |
| 2017 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | -34.7% |
| 2018 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | +230.3% |
| 2019 | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | +62.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | +578.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 1000 USD per square kilometre | -46.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | +119.1% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0187 1000 USD per square kilometre, 2% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre, 1.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +3469.8% | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre |
| 1992 | +2750.0% | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre |
| 2015 | +1630.2% | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0002 1000 USD per square kilometre |
| 1981 | +700.0% | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0002 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0002 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 127 Guyana 0.0004 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 128 Comoros 0.0004 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 129 Kiribati 0.0004 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 131 New Caledonia 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 132 Congo 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 133 Burkina Faso 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4736 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre in Botswana?
- Pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre in Botswana was 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 USD per square kilometre in 1980.
- How does Botswana rank for pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre?
- Botswana ranks 130th out of 175 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pesticides (total) — export value, per square kilometre rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,822.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Pesticides (total) — Export value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Pesticides (total) — Export value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Pesticides (total) — Export value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Pesticides (total) — Export value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.