Burkina Faso vs Central America: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested

Burkina Faso
1.93 million ha
in 2024
Central America
1.34 million ha
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
23rd
Central America rank
25th

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Central America
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1.93 million ha against 1.34 million ha in Central America, a difference of 586,610 ha.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.4 times Central America's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 23rd and Central America ranks 25th of 184 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Central America in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Central America Difference Ahead
1960s 204,633 ha 1.64 million ha 1.43 million ha Central America
1970s 253,413 ha 1.83 million ha 1.58 million ha Central America
1980s 298,278 ha 1.59 million ha 1.30 million ha Central America
1990s 456,219 ha 1.07 million ha 613,148 ha Central America
2000s 849,416 ha 865,193 ha 15,777 ha Central America
2010s 1.37 million ha 1.31 million ha 58,567 ha Burkina Faso
2020s 1.87 million ha 1.41 million ha 464,742 ha Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Central America?
Burkina Faso, at 1.93 million ha against 1.34 million ha in Central America as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Central America?
586,610 ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Central America?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Central America rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Burkina Faso ranks 23rd and Central America ranks 25th of 184 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
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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.