Burkina Faso vs Southern Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1.93 million ha against 1.93 million ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 650 ha.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 184 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Southern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 204,633 ha | 546,463 ha | 341,830 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 253,413 ha | 703,817 ha | 450,404 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 298,278 ha | 791,055 ha | 492,777 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 456,219 ha | 892,919 ha | 436,700 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 849,416 ha | 835,173 ha | 14,244 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1.37 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 100,037 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 1.87 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 174,580 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 Southern Africa?
- Burkina Faso, at 1.93 million ha against 1.93 million ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Southern Africa?
- 650 ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Southern Africa rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 23rd 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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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.