Botswana - Arable land
Arable land (hectares)
The value for Arable land (hectares) in Botswana was 399,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 420,000 in 1990 and a minimum value of 182,000 in 2007.
Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 399,000 |
| 1962 | 399,000 |
| 1963 | 399,000 |
| 1964 | 399,000 |
| 1965 | 400,000 |
| 1966 | 400,000 |
| 1967 | 400,000 |
| 1968 | 400,000 |
| 1969 | 400,000 |
| 1970 | 400,000 |
| 1971 | 400,000 |
| 1972 | 401,000 |
| 1973 | 401,000 |
| 1974 | 401,000 |
| 1975 | 401,000 |
| 1976 | 401,000 |
| 1977 | 401,000 |
| 1978 | 401,000 |
| 1979 | 403,000 |
| 1980 | 403,000 |
| 1981 | 403,000 |
| 1982 | 405,000 |
| 1983 | 405,000 |
| 1984 | 405,000 |
| 1985 | 407,000 |
| 1986 | 407,000 |
| 1987 | 409,000 |
| 1988 | 409,000 |
| 1989 | 414,000 |
| 1990 | 420,000 |
| 1991 | 300,000 |
| 1992 | 250,000 |
| 1993 | 350,000 |
| 1994 | 395,000 |
| 1995 | 345,000 |
| 1996 | 345,000 |
| 1997 | 300,000 |
| 1998 | 230,000 |
| 1999 | 240,000 |
| 2000 | 350,000 |
| 2001 | 200,000 |
| 2002 | 245,000 |
| 2003 | 195,000 |
| 2004 | 226,000 |
| 2005 | 240,000 |
| 2006 | 201,000 |
| 2007 | 182,000 |
| 2008 | 279,000 |
| 2009 | 316,000 |
| 2010 | 259,000 |
| 2011 | 324,000 |
| 2012 | 285,000 |
| 2013 | 277,000 |
| 2014 | 399,000 |
| 2015 | 399,000 |
Arable land (hectares per person)
The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Botswana was 0.181 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.743 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.095 in 2007.
Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.743 |
| 1962 | 0.724 |
| 1963 | 0.706 |
| 1964 | 0.687 |
| 1965 | 0.670 |
| 1966 | 0.651 |
| 1967 | 0.632 |
| 1968 | 0.613 |
| 1969 | 0.594 |
| 1970 | 0.575 |
| 1971 | 0.557 |
| 1972 | 0.540 |
| 1973 | 0.522 |
| 1974 | 0.504 |
| 1975 | 0.486 |
| 1976 | 0.467 |
| 1977 | 0.450 |
| 1978 | 0.432 |
| 1979 | 0.418 |
| 1980 | 0.403 |
| 1981 | 0.388 |
| 1982 | 0.376 |
| 1983 | 0.364 |
| 1984 | 0.352 |
| 1985 | 0.342 |
| 1986 | 0.332 |
| 1987 | 0.323 |
| 1988 | 0.314 |
| 1989 | 0.309 |
| 1990 | 0.305 |
| 1991 | 0.212 |
| 1992 | 0.172 |
| 1993 | 0.234 |
| 1994 | 0.258 |
| 1995 | 0.220 |
| 1996 | 0.215 |
| 1997 | 0.183 |
| 1998 | 0.138 |
| 1999 | 0.141 |
| 2000 | 0.203 |
| 2001 | 0.114 |
| 2002 | 0.138 |
| 2003 | 0.108 |
| 2004 | 0.124 |
| 2005 | 0.129 |
| 2006 | 0.107 |
| 2007 | 0.095 |
| 2008 | 0.143 |
| 2009 | 0.160 |
| 2010 | 0.129 |
| 2011 | 0.158 |
| 2012 | 0.136 |
| 2013 | 0.130 |
| 2014 | 0.184 |
| 2015 | 0.181 |
Arable land (% of land area)
Arable land (% of land area) in Botswana was 0.704 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 0.741 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.321 in 2007.
Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.704 |
| 1962 | 0.704 |
| 1963 | 0.704 |
| 1964 | 0.704 |
| 1965 | 0.706 |
| 1966 | 0.706 |
| 1967 | 0.706 |
| 1968 | 0.706 |
| 1969 | 0.706 |
| 1970 | 0.706 |
| 1971 | 0.706 |
| 1972 | 0.708 |
| 1973 | 0.708 |
| 1974 | 0.708 |
| 1975 | 0.708 |
| 1976 | 0.708 |
| 1977 | 0.708 |
| 1978 | 0.708 |
| 1979 | 0.711 |
| 1980 | 0.711 |
| 1981 | 0.711 |
| 1982 | 0.715 |
| 1983 | 0.715 |
| 1984 | 0.715 |
| 1985 | 0.718 |
| 1986 | 0.718 |
| 1987 | 0.722 |
| 1988 | 0.722 |
| 1989 | 0.731 |
| 1990 | 0.741 |
| 1991 | 0.529 |
| 1992 | 0.441 |
| 1993 | 0.618 |
| 1994 | 0.697 |
| 1995 | 0.609 |
| 1996 | 0.609 |
| 1997 | 0.529 |
| 1998 | 0.406 |
| 1999 | 0.423 |
| 2000 | 0.618 |
| 2001 | 0.353 |
| 2002 | 0.432 |
| 2003 | 0.344 |
| 2004 | 0.399 |
| 2005 | 0.423 |
| 2006 | 0.355 |
| 2007 | 0.321 |
| 2008 | 0.492 |
| 2009 | 0.558 |
| 2010 | 0.457 |
| 2011 | 0.572 |
| 2012 | 0.503 |
| 2013 | 0.489 |
| 2014 | 0.704 |
| 2015 | 0.704 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Land use
