Burkina Faso vs France: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested

Burkina Faso
2.01 million ha
in 2024
France
2.20 million ha
in 2017
Burkina Faso rank
24th
France rank
23rd

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 2.20 million ha against 2.01 million ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 189,190 ha.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 57 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 24th and France ranks 23rd of 186 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso France Difference Ahead
1960s 219,855 ha 283,767 ha 63,912 ha France
1970s 273,313 ha 442,124 ha 168,811 ha France
1980s 337,778 ha 1.25 million ha 908,408 ha France
1990s 486,732 ha 1.92 million ha 1.44 million ha France
2000s 881,106 ha 2.02 million ha 1.14 million ha France
2010s 1.36 million ha 2.31 million ha 942,394 ha France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Burkina Faso or France?
France, at 2.20 million ha against 2.01 million ha in Burkina Faso as of 2017.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Burkina Faso and France?
189,190 ha, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and France?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Burkina Faso and France rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Burkina Faso ranks 24th and France ranks 23rd of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,169 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.