Burkina Faso vs Niger: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 5.58 million ha against 1.52 million ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 4.05 million ha.
That makes Niger's figure about 3.7 times Burkina Faso's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 1st of 47 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245,778 ha | 600,644 ha | 354,866 ha | Niger |
| 1970s | 267,200 ha | 898,663 ha | 631,463 ha | Niger |
| 1980s | 380,675 ha | 1.58 million ha | 1.20 million ha | Niger |
| 1990s | 530,300 ha | 3.28 million ha | 2.75 million ha | Niger |
| 2000s | 786,240 ha | 3.98 million ha | 3.19 million ha | Niger |
| 2010s | 1.23 million ha | 5.30 million ha | 4.07 million ha | Niger |
| 2020s | 1.43 million ha | 5.70 million ha | 4.27 million ha | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cow peas, dry — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Niger?
- Niger, at 5.58 million ha against 1.52 million ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cow peas, dry — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Niger?
- 4.05 million ha, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Niger?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Niger rank globally for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 1st of 47 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cow peas, dry — 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.