Sorghum — Producer Price in Botswana
Botswana: Sorghum — Producer Price was 5,290 LCU in 2014. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Producer Price in Botswana, 1997–2014
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
In 2014, sorghum — producer price in Botswana stood at 5,290 LCU. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 56.0% on the previous year and up 340.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — producer price in Botswana peaked at 5,290 LCU in 2014 and was at its lowest, 319 LCU, in 1997.
That places Botswana 38th out of 61 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Producer Price in Botswana, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 319 LCU | — |
| 1998 | 422 LCU | +32.3% |
| 1999 | 486 LCU | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 574 LCU | +18.1% |
| 2001 | 548 LCU | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 700 LCU | +27.7% |
| 2003 | 1,200 LCU | +71.4% |
| 2004 | 1,200 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,000 LCU | +150.0% |
| 2012 | 3,000 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,390 LCU | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 5,290 LCU | +56.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 409 LCU | 319 LCU | 486 LCU | 3 |
| 2000s | 844.4 LCU | 548 LCU | 1,200 LCU | 5 |
| 2010s | 3,670 LCU | 3,000 LCU | 5,290 LCU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More economy & growth data for Botswana
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.98 Percent per annum (2029)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 5.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6463 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 5,027 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 8.73 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 67,872 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5994 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — producer price in Botswana?
- Sorghum — producer price in Botswana was 5,290 LCU in 2014, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — producer price recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 5,290 LCU in 2014.
- What is the lowest sorghum — producer price recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 319 LCU in 1997.
- How does Botswana rank for sorghum — producer price?
- Botswana ranks 38th out of 61 countries with data for 2014.
- Is sorghum — producer price rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 340.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.