Burkina Faso vs South America: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 760,128 ha against 730,410 ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 29,718 ha.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 12th and South America ranks 13th of 112 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and South America in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 130,645 ha | 881,340 ha | 750,695 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 153,093 ha | 857,544 ha | 704,451 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 162,141 ha | 440,652 ha | 278,511 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 226,425 ha | 370,064 ha | 143,639 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 349,478 ha | 380,732 ha | 31,254 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 447,930 ha | 549,145 ha | 101,215 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 685,147 ha | 671,658 ha | 13,490 ha | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, Burkina Faso or South America?
- South America, at 760,128 ha against 730,410 ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested between Burkina Faso and South America?
- 29,718 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 12th and South America ranks 13th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.