Okra — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Okra — Area harvested was 3,119 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — 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 okra — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 3,119 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 3,259 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 21st out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Okra — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,100 ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 2,629 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 2,631 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 2,637 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,642 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,645 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,647 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,648 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,651 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,821 ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 2,638 ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 2,611 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 2,614 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,620 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,627 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,650 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 2,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 2,783 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 2,794 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,859 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 2,920 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 2,910 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 3,259 ha | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 3,023 ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 3,080 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 3,060 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 3,058 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,063 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,094 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 3,104 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,112 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,119 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,333 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,520 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,070 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,655 ha | 2,600 ha | 2,821 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,664 ha | 2,600 ha | 2,794 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,007 ha | 2,859 ha | 3,259 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,098 ha | 3,063 ha | 3,119 ha | 5 |
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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 okra — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Okra — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 3,119 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 3,259 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest okra — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for okra — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 21st out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Okra — 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.