Burkina Faso vs Rwanda: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 6,439 ha against 5,704 ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 735 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Rwanda ranks 23rd of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 6 and Rwanda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,889 ha | 153.33 ha | 6,736 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 5,683 ha | 795.6 ha | 4,887 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 8,699 ha | 1,112 ha | 7,587 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 7,130 ha | 1,417 ha | 5,713 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 5,751 ha | 2,386 ha | 3,366 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 9,810 ha | 5,482 ha | 4,328 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 5,636 ha | 6,402 ha | 766.4 ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 6,439 ha against 5,704 ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Rwanda?
- 735 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Rwanda rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Rwanda ranks 23rd of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — 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.