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Agricultural land in Botswana

Agricultural land in Botswana was 45.6% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 82nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202445.6% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank82nd of 224Countries ranked
Series high45.91990
Series low45.52007

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Agricultural land in Botswana, 1961 to 2024

45.545.645.745.845.94619611971198119912001201120241961: 45.9 %1962: 45.9 %1963: 45.9 %1964: 45.9 %1965: 45.9 %1966: 45.9 %1967: 45.9 %1968: 45.9 %1969: 45.9 %1970: 45.9 %1971: 45.9 %1972: 45.9 %1973: 45.9 %1974: 45.9 %1975: 45.9 %1976: 45.9 %1977: 45.9 %1978: 45.9 %1979: 45.9 %1980: 45.9 %1981: 45.9 %1982: 45.9 %1983: 45.9 %1984: 45.9 %1985: 45.9 %1986: 45.9 %1987: 45.9 %1988: 45.9 %1989: 45.9 %1990: 45.9 %1991: 45.9 %1992: 45.9 %1993: 45.8 %1994: 45.8 %1995: 45.8 %1996: 45.8 %1997: 45.7 %1998: 45.7 %1999: 45.7 %2000: 45.6 %2001: 45.6 %2002: 45.6 %2003: 45.5 %2004: 45.6 %2005: 45.6 %2006: 45.5 %2007: 45.5 %2008: 45.7 %2009: 45.7 %2010: 45.6 %2011: 45.8 %2012: 45.7 %2013: 45.7 %2014: 45.9 %2015: 45.6 %2016: 45.6 %2017: 45.6 %2018: 45.6 %2019: 45.6 %2020: 45.6 %2021: 45.6 %2022: 45.6 %2023: 45.6 %2024: 45.6 %45.445.645.84619611983200520241961: 45.9 %1962: 45.9 %1963: 45.9 %1964: 45.9 %1965: 45.9 %1966: 45.9 %1967: 45.9 %1968: 45.9 %1969: 45.9 %1970: 45.9 %1971: 45.9 %1972: 45.9 %1973: 45.9 %1974: 45.9 %1975: 45.9 %1976: 45.9 %1977: 45.9 %1978: 45.9 %1979: 45.9 %1980: 45.9 %1981: 45.9 %1982: 45.9 %1983: 45.9 %1984: 45.9 %1985: 45.9 %1986: 45.9 %1987: 45.9 %1988: 45.9 %1989: 45.9 %1990: 45.9 %1991: 45.9 %1992: 45.9 %1993: 45.8 %1994: 45.8 %1995: 45.8 %1996: 45.8 %1997: 45.7 %1998: 45.7 %1999: 45.7 %2000: 45.6 %2001: 45.6 %2002: 45.6 %2003: 45.5 %2004: 45.6 %2005: 45.6 %2006: 45.5 %2007: 45.5 %2008: 45.7 %2009: 45.7 %2010: 45.6 %2011: 45.8 %2012: 45.7 %2013: 45.7 %2014: 45.9 %2015: 45.6 %2016: 45.6 %2017: 45.6 %2018: 45.6 %2019: 45.6 %2020: 45.6 %2021: 45.6 %2022: 45.6 %2023: 45.6 %2024: 45.6 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202445.6 Estimated
202345.6 Estimated
202245.6 Estimated
202145.6 Estimated
202045.6 Estimated
201945.6 Estimated
201845.6 Estimated
201745.6 Estimated
201645.6 Estimated
201545.6 Estimated
201445.9 Estimated
201345.7 Estimated
201245.7 Estimated
201145.8 Estimated
201045.6 Estimated
200945.7 Estimated
200845.7 Estimated
200745.5 Estimated
200645.5 Estimated
200545.6 Estimated
200445.6 Estimated
200345.5 Estimated
200245.6 Estimated
200145.6 Estimated
200045.6 Estimated
199945.7 Estimated
199845.7 Estimated
199745.7 Estimated
199645.8 Estimated
199545.8 Estimated
199445.8 Estimated
199345.8 Estimated
199245.9 Estimated
199145.9 Estimated
199045.9 Estimated
198945.9 Estimated
198845.9 Estimated
198745.9 Estimated
198645.9 Estimated
198545.9 Estimated
198445.9 Estimated
198345.9 Estimated
198245.9 Estimated
198145.9 Estimated
198045.9 Estimated
197945.9 Estimated
197845.9 Estimated
197745.9 Estimated
197645.9 Estimated
197545.9 Estimated
197445.9 Estimated
197345.9 Estimated
197245.9 Estimated
197145.9 Estimated
197045.9 Estimated
196945.9 Estimated
196845.9 Estimated
196745.9 Estimated
196645.9 Estimated
196545.9 Estimated
196445.9 Estimated
196345.9 Estimated
196245.9 Estimated
196145.9 Estimated

Botswana compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Botswana is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Botswana, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Botswana, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/botswana. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Botswana, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/botswana.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Botswana, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/botswana (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Botswana?

Agricultural land in Botswana was 45.6% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 82nd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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45.9% in 1990, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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