Burkina Faso vs Western Asia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Western Asia
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1.60 million ha against 1.14 million ha in Western Asia, a difference of 453,810 ha.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.4 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 15th and Western Asia ranks 20th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Western Asia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267,333 ha | 920,966 ha | 653,632 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 291,600 ha | 1.03 million ha | 741,028 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 410,175 ha | 1.84 million ha | 1.43 million ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 587,724 ha | 2.32 million ha | 1.73 million ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 847,289 ha | 1.76 million ha | 910,446 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 1.30 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 119,044 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 1.50 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 289,266 ha | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Western Asia?
- Burkina Faso, at 1.60 million ha against 1.14 million ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Western Asia?
- 453,810 ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Western Asia rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 15th and Western Asia ranks 20th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pulses, Total — 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.