Burkina Faso vs Mali: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1.90 million ha against 1.69 million ha in Mali, a difference of 206,250 ha.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 6th and Mali ranks 7th of 120 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 998,336 ha | 454,222 ha | 544,114 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1.08 million ha | 427,400 ha | 654,348 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1.14 million ha | 522,196 ha | 616,066 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 1.34 million ha | 777,349 ha | 560,471 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 1.52 million ha | 836,187 ha | 685,620 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1.75 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 319,221 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 1.84 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 174,084 ha | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Mali?
- Burkina Faso, at 1.90 million ha against 1.69 million ha in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Mali?
- 206,250 ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Mali?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Mali rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 6th and Mali ranks 7th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — 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.