Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 1,054 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 1,054 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 5,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1989.
That places Burkina Faso 63rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 3,100 ha | -11.4% |
| 1982 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,450 ha | +11.3% |
| 1984 | 3,408 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | -53.1% |
| 1986 | 1,065 ha | -33.4% |
| 1987 | 1,126 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 2,294 ha | +103.7% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | -95.6% |
| 1990 | 1,500 ha | +1400.0% |
| 1991 | 450 ha | -70.0% |
| 1992 | 200 ha | -55.6% |
| 1993 | 257 ha | +28.5% |
| 1994 | 111 ha | -56.8% |
| 1995 | 205 ha | +84.7% |
| 1996 | 272 ha | +32.7% |
| 1997 | 293 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 310 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 325 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 351 ha | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 349 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 365 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 384 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 401 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 410 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 448 ha | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 313 ha | -30.1% |
| 2008 | 603 ha | +92.7% |
| 2009 | 755 ha | +25.2% |
| 2010 | 906 ha | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 1,076 ha | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 1,208 ha | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 1,510 ha | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 1,505 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,502 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,500 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,100 ha | -26.7% |
| 2019 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,105 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,108 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,072 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 1,054 ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,850 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,274 ha | 100 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 392.3 ha | 111 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 437.9 ha | 313 ha | 755 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,291 ha | 906 ha | 1,510 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,088 ha | 1,054 ha | 1,108 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 1,054 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1989.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 63rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.