Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 98,417 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 2013–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 98,417 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 166.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 98,417 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24,000 ha, in 2013.
Burkina Faso ranks 3rd of 43 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 24,000 ha | — |
| 2014 | 37,000 ha | +54.2% |
| 2015 | 45,000 ha | +21.6% |
| 2016 | 53,000 ha | +17.8% |
| 2017 | 36,000 ha | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 90,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 2019 | 67,000 ha | -25.6% |
| 2020 | 79,000 ha | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 85,393 ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 96,581 ha | +13.1% |
| 2023 | 92,793 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 98,417 ha | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 50,286 ha | 24,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 90,437 ha | 79,000 ha | 98,417 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)
- 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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 98,417 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 98,417 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,000 ha in 2013.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 3rd out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 166.0%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.