Botswana - Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Botswana was 0.097 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.455 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.078 in 2016.

Definition: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
2000 0.340
2001 0.455
2002 0.327
2003 0.117
2004 0.281
2005 0.162
2006 0.153
2007 0.171
2008 0.288
2009 0.161
2010 0.196
2011 0.191
2012 0.220
2013 0.191
2014 0.192
2015 0.207
2016 0.078
2017 0.083
2018 0.081
2019 0.146
2020 0.097

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports