Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 268,661 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Burkina Faso stood at 268,661 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 268,661 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 45th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — 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 | 50 ha | — |
| 1978 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 160 ha | +60.0% |
| 1985 | 12,560 ha | +7750.0% |
| 1986 | 12,560 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,560 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,760 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 12,770 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 11,529 ha | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 14,267 ha | +23.7% |
| 1992 | 14,288 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 14,398 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 13,978 ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 15,744 ha | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 17,548 ha | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 19,481 ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 21,653 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 24,351 ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 27,260 ha | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 30,379 ha | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 34,269 ha | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 14,717 ha | -57.1% |
| 2004 | 47,709 ha | +224.2% |
| 2005 | 58,599 ha | +22.8% |
| 2006 | 70,186 ha | +19.8% |
| 2007 | 82,170 ha | +17.1% |
| 2008 | 94,426 ha | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 109,473 ha | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 120,978 ha | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 132,279 ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 143,217 ha | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 160,720 ha | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 166,754 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 172,830 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 179,563 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 188,122 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 203,427 ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 229,435 ha | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 221,519 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 227,220 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 248,745 ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 258,258 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 268,661 ha | +4.0% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 268,661 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 127,290 ha, 2.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 268,661 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 4.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +7750.0% | 160 ha | 12,560 ha |
| 2004 | +224.2% | 14,717 ha | 47,709 ha |
| 1982 | +100.0% | 50 ha | 100 ha |
| 2003 | -57.1% | 34,269 ha | 14,717 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15 ha | 0 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,367 ha | 50 ha | 12,770 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,724 ha | 11,529 ha | 24,351 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,919 ha | 14,717 ha | 109,473 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 169,732 ha | 120,978 ha | 229,435 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 244,881 ha | 221,519 ha | 268,661 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3731 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.946 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.6223 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 268,661 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 268,661 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 45th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.1%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.