Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 124,274 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 124,274 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 128,151 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Burkina Faso ranks 9th of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 500 ha | — |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +250.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +40.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 8,660 ha | +33.2% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1999 | 7,161 ha | -20.4% |
| 2000 | 11,344 ha | +58.4% |
| 2001 | 11,855 ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 11,282 ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 12,808 ha | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 13,271 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 14,101 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 14,649 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 9,100 ha | -37.9% |
| 2008 | 9,500 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 30,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 2011 | 100,000 ha | +233.3% |
| 2012 | 70,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 2013 | 120,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 2014 | 126,935 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 126,490 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 122,089 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 122,635 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 128,151 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 125,344 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 122,454 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 122,511 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 127,133 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 124,345 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 124,274 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 150 ha | 0 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,450 ha | 1,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,732 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,791 ha | 9,100 ha | 14,649 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,164 ha | 30,000 ha | 128,151 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 124,143 ha | 122,454 ha | 127,133 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 6 Nigeria 170,224 ha compare
- 7 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 8 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
- 10 Mali 69,309 ha compare
- 11 Guinea 34,475 ha compare
- 12 Philippines 26,078 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 19.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 124,274 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 128,151 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 9th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.