Maize production fell 40.7% to 40.0 kt in Botswana in 2022, according to Faostat.
Historically, maize production in Botswana reached an all time high of 67.4 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 0.490 kt in 1984. When compared to Botswana's main peers, maize production in Namibia amounted to 98.8 kt, 16,137 kt in South Africa, 2,706 kt in Zambia and 1,500 kt in Zimbabwe in 2022.
Botswana has been ranked 117th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of maize production, 19 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Maize Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Angola | kt | 2,238 | 2,381 | 2,765 | 2,819 | 2,972 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | kt | 15.1 | 12.3 | 24.6 | 7.28 | 61.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | kt | 2,101 | 2,186 | 2,186 | 2,139 | 2,186 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | kt | 19.2 | 173 | 110 | 24.6 | 21.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | kt | 1,217 | 1,224 | 1,407 | 1,452 | 1,632 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | kt | 43.6 | 71.0 | 59.3 | 45.0 | 60.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | kt | 8,214 | 17,551 | 13,104 | 11,824 | 15,844 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kt | 33.0 | 84.0 | 113 | 95.0 | 87.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | kt | 6,149 | 6,681 | 6,273 | 5,652 | 6,711 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | kt | 2,873 | 3,607 | 2,395 | 2,004 | 3,387 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | kt | 512 | 1,533 | 1,560 | 774 | 1,202 |
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