What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term, per capita between Burkina Faso and Mali?

0.0068 hectares per person, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita

Burkina Faso

0.3731 hectares per person

in 2025

Mali

0.3663 hectares per person

in 2025

Burkina Faso rank

30th

Mali rank

31st

Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita over time

Burkina Faso
Mali

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 0.3731 hectares per person against 0.3663 hectares per person in Mali, a difference of 0.0068 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 30th and Mali ranks 31st of 189 countries.

Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.59 hectares per person	0.2967 hectares per person	0.2932 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1970s	0.4957 hectares per person	0.2813 hectares per person	0.2144 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1980s	0.42 hectares per person	0.2542 hectares per person	0.1658 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
1990s	0.4385 hectares per person	0.3408 hectares per person	0.0977 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
2000s	0.4233 hectares per person	0.4155 hectares per person	0.0078 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
2010s	0.3991 hectares per person	0.3961 hectares per person	0.003 hectares per person	Burkina Faso
2020s	0.3791 hectares per person	0.3755 hectares per person	0.0036 hectares per person	Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, per capita, Burkina Faso or Mali?: Burkina Faso, at 0.3731 hectares per person against 0.3663 hectares per person in Mali as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term, per capita between Burkina Faso and Mali?: 0.0068 hectares per person, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term, per capita?: Burkina Faso ranks 30th and Mali ranks 31st of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita
Unit: hectares per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 189 places, 12,474 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 23 October 2026

Cropland extent over the long-term divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.