Burkina Faso vs China: Millet — Area harvested
Millet — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- China
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1.10 million ha against 884,639 ha in China, a difference of 212,721 ha.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 9th and China ranks 11th of 86 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and China in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 735,761 ha | 6.97 million ha | 6.24 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 809,921 ha | 5.52 million ha | 4.71 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 1.01 million ha | 3.36 million ha | 2.35 million ha | China |
| 1990s | 1.18 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 513,311 ha | China |
| 2000s | 1.30 million ha | 963,032 ha | 338,094 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 764,148 ha | 479,685 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 1.03 million ha | 882,698 ha | 146,463 ha | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher millet — area harvested, Burkina Faso or China?
- Burkina Faso, at 1.10 million ha against 884,639 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in millet — area harvested between Burkina Faso and China?
- 212,721 ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and China rank globally for millet — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 9th and China ranks 11th of 86 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Millet — 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.