Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 730,410 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 730,410 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and up 94.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 754,457 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 100,000 ha, in 1963.
Burkina Faso ranks 12th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 120,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 100,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 127,000 ha | +27.0% |
| 1965 | 130,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 142,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 150,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 136,802 ha | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 139,994 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 144,360 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 104,697 ha | -27.5% |
| 1973 | 167,025 ha | +59.5% |
| 1974 | 180,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 163,600 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 160,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 165,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 152,300 ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 153,953 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 105,677 ha | -31.4% |
| 1981 | 128,086 ha | +21.2% |
| 1982 | 155,052 ha | +21.1% |
| 1983 | 137,451 ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 112,300 ha | -18.3% |
| 1985 | 166,541 ha | +48.3% |
| 1986 | 210,800 ha | +26.6% |
| 1987 | 193,900 ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 230,600 ha | +18.9% |
| 1989 | 181,000 ha | -21.5% |
| 1990 | 189,200 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 177,300 ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 232,814 ha | +31.3% |
| 1993 | 217,341 ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 242,401 ha | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 274,349 ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 211,552 ha | -22.9% |
| 1997 | 232,663 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 215,160 ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 271,469 ha | +26.2% |
| 2000 | 236,880 ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 330,904 ha | +39.7% |
| 2002 | 342,637 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 404,110 ha | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 352,528 ha | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 274,603 ha | -22.1% |
| 2006 | 310,597 ha | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 415,171 ha | +33.7% |
| 2008 | 369,125 ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 458,222 ha | +24.1% |
| 2010 | 409,922 ha | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 388,704 ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 397,762 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 448,767 ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 375,040 ha | -16.4% |
| 2015 | 432,665 ha | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 591,873 ha | +36.8% |
| 2017 | 554,832 ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 394,031 ha | -29.0% |
| 2019 | 485,703 ha | +23.3% |
| 2020 | 670,798 ha | +38.1% |
| 2021 | 646,303 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 623,769 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 754,457 ha | +21.0% |
| 2024 | 730,410 ha | -3.2% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 730,410 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 5.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 730,410 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 6.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 130,645 ha | 100,000 ha | 150,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 153,093 ha | 104,697 ha | 180,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,141 ha | 105,677 ha | 230,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 226,425 ha | 177,300 ha | 274,349 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 349,478 ha | 236,880 ha | 458,222 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 447,930 ha | 375,040 ha | 591,873 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 685,147 ha | 623,769 ha | 754,457 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,153 ha compare
- 9 Niger 1.04 million ha compare
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 ha compare
- 11 Chad 756,261 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 8,047 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,076 ha compare
- 13 Mozambique 591,338 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 3,550 ha compare
- 14 Cameroon 540,000 ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,514 ha compare
- 15 Mali 526,150 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 730,410 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 754,457 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 12th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.