Burkina Faso vs Middle Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 1.95 million ha against 1.90 million ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 54,180 ha.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 6th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 5 and Middle Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 998,336 ha | 993,696 ha | 4,640 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1.08 million ha | 940,860 ha | 140,888 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1.14 million ha | 895,087 ha | 243,175 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 1.34 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 238,986 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 1.52 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 68,938 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1.75 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 416,481 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 1.84 million ha | 2.05 million ha | 205,944 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 1.95 million ha against 1.90 million ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Middle Africa?
- 54,180 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Middle Africa rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 6th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd 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.