Botswana’s cattle industry is getting smaller, even as commercial farmers expand their share of the national herd.
The country’s cattle population fell to 1.64 million in 2025, from 1.74 million a decade earlier, representing a 6.1 percent decline, according to Statistics Botswana’s 2025 Agricultural Census. The latest figures underline the pressure on a sector that remains important to Botswana’s agricultural economy.
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