Watermelons — Yield in Botswana
Botswana: Watermelons — Yield was 124,972 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Botswana, 2015–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — yield in Botswana is 124,972 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Botswana peaked at 128,377 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 94,151 kg/ha, in 2015.
That places Botswana 2nd out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Watermelons — Yield in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94,151 kg/ha | — |
| 2016 | 99,386 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 100,618 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 99,712 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 128,377 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2020 | 123,421 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 120,290 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 119,470 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 122,221 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 124,972 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 124,972 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 5.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 124,972 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,469 kg/ha, 7.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 104,449 kg/ha | 94,151 kg/ha | 128,377 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2020s | 122,075 kg/ha | 119,470 kg/ha | 124,972 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
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 — yield in Botswana?
- Watermelons — yield in Botswana was 124,972 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 128,377 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,151 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Botswana rank for watermelons — yield?
- Botswana ranks 2nd out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.