Watermelons — Area harvested in Botswana
Botswana: Watermelons — Area harvested was 150 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Botswana, 2015–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in Botswana is 150 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.3% on the previous year and up 233.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Botswana peaked at 196 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 42 ha, in 2016.
Botswana ranks 95th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Botswana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 45 ha | — |
| 2016 | 42 ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 110 ha | +161.9% |
| 2018 | 111 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 130 ha | +17.1% |
| 2020 | 93 ha | -28.5% |
| 2021 | 114 ha | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 196 ha | +71.9% |
| 2023 | 129 ha | -34.2% |
| 2024 | 150 ha | +16.3% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 150 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 3% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 150 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,701 ha, 3% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.6 ha | 42 ha | 130 ha | 5 |
| 2020s | 136.4 ha | 93 ha | 196 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 92 New Zealand 228 ha compare
- 93 French Guiana 204 ha
- 94 Belize 168 ha compare
- 96 Trinidad and Tobago 116 ha compare
- 97 Malta 94 ha
- 98 Malawi 86 ha 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)
- 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 watermelons — area harvested in Botswana?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Botswana was 150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 196 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 42 ha in 2016.
- How does Botswana rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 95th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 233.3%. 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 Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.