Burkina Faso vs South America: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 458,619 ha against 124,274 ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 334,345 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 3.7 times Burkina Faso's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th of 32 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 66,717 ha | 66,717 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 150 ha | 111,922 ha | 111,772 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 3,450 ha | 334,449 ha | 330,999 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 6,732 ha | 640,481 ha | 633,749 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 11,791 ha | 699,335 ha | 687,544 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 107,164 ha | 613,629 ha | 506,464 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 124,143 ha | 441,142 ha | 316,999 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested, Burkina Faso or South America?
- South America, at 458,619 ha against 124,274 ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested between Burkina Faso and South America?
- 334,345 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and South America rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 9th and South America ranks 11th of 32 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.