Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.93 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Burkina Faso stood at 1.93 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.97 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 162,925 ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 23rd out of 184 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 162,925 ha | — |
| 1962 | 171,600 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 166,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 209,500 ha | +25.6% |
| 1965 | 204,720 ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 212,355 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 227,408 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 242,609 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 243,778 ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 247,051 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 240,396 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 208,755 ha | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 263,626 ha | +26.3% |
| 1974 | 266,520 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 256,605 ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 264,225 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 258,767 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 262,754 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 265,428 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 219,094 ha | -17.5% |
| 1981 | 215,746 ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 250,069 ha | +15.9% |
| 1983 | 234,648 ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 216,622 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 288,566 ha | +33.2% |
| 1986 | 373,721 ha | +29.5% |
| 1987 | 404,922 ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 420,845 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 358,550 ha | -14.8% |
| 1990 | 381,074 ha | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 438,100 ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 435,703 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 366,535 ha | -15.9% |
| 1994 | 448,671 ha | +22.4% |
| 1995 | 432,869 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 437,575 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 537,579 ha | +22.9% |
| 1998 | 573,419 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 510,667 ha | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 474,659 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 740,325 ha | +56.0% |
| 2002 | 783,129 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 883,735 ha | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 901,049 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 948,558 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 932,923 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 853,965 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 1.01 million ha | +17.9% |
| 2009 | 968,671 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 1.02 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 930,527 ha | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 1.12 million ha | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 1.30 million ha | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 1.55 million ha | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 1.41 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 1.55 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 1.71 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 1.33 million ha | -21.9% |
| 2019 | 1.74 million ha | +30.3% |
| 2020 | 1.97 million ha | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 1.74 million ha | -11.2% |
| 2022 | 1.84 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 1.88 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.93 million ha | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 204,633 ha | 162,925 ha | 243,778 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 253,413 ha | 208,755 ha | 266,520 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 298,278 ha | 215,746 ha | 420,845 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 456,219 ha | 366,535 ha | 573,419 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 849,416 ha | 474,659 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.37 million ha | 930,527 ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.87 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 1.97 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 20 Myanmar 3.41 million ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 16,430 ha compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 2.89 million ha compare
- 22 France 2.19 million ha compare
- 24 South Africa 1.91 million ha compare
- 25 Romania 1.77 million ha compare
- 26 Chad 1.50 million 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 1.93 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1.97 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 162,925 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 23rd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.