Maize production rose 8.86% to 67.4 kt in Botswana in 2021, 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 91.9 kt, 16,871 kt in South Africa, 3,620 kt in Zambia and 1,470 kt in Zimbabwe in 2021.
Botswana has been ranked 111th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of maize production, 11 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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