Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 1,061 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — 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 onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 1,061 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,503 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 180 ha, in 1966.
That places Burkina Faso 28th out of 59 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.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 299 ha | — |
| 1962 | 305 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 311 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 317 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 323 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 180 ha | -44.3% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 1969 | 230 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 230 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 250 ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 280 ha | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 270 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 330 ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 410 ha | +24.2% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +22.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 850 ha | +41.7% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,060 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 1,228 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 1,249 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1,503 ha | +20.3% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | -20.2% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 1,084 ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 1,042 ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 1,119 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 1,116 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,125 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1,118 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,050 ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 1,098 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 1,111 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1,117 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,121 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,200 ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 1,070 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,086 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,077 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,070 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,066 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,064 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,061 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,064 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,065 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,063 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,061 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 266.11 ha | 180 ha | 323 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 272 ha | 230 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 836 ha | 410 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,192 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,503 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,083 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,125 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,097 ha | 1,064 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,063 ha | 1,061 ha | 1,065 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 1,061 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,503 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 180 ha in 1966.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 28th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.