Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 1.60 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso stood at 1.60 million ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.79 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 206,500 ha, in 1961.
Burkina Faso ranks 15th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 206,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 249,000 ha | +20.6% |
| 1963 | 256,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 279,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 266,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 277,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 286,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 299,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 287,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 294,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 248,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1972 | 249,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 237,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 303,000 ha | +27.8% |
| 1975 | 345,000 ha | +13.9% |
| 1976 | 280,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 1977 | 308,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 324,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 328,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 294,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1981 | 350,500 ha | +19.2% |
| 1982 | 335,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 313,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 305,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 434,000 ha | +42.3% |
| 1986 | 511,950 ha | +18.0% |
| 1987 | 448,300 ha | -12.4% |
| 1988 | 570,000 ha | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 540,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 445,600 ha | -17.5% |
| 1991 | 652,942 ha | +46.5% |
| 1992 | 650,649 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 584,059 ha | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 519,778 ha | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 522,395 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 652,650 ha | +24.9% |
| 1997 | 471,934 ha | -27.7% |
| 1998 | 704,815 ha | +49.3% |
| 1999 | 672,420 ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 321,489 ha | -52.2% |
| 2001 | 855,523 ha | +166.1% |
| 2002 | 766,226 ha | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million ha | +34.4% |
| 2004 | 646,173 ha | -37.3% |
| 2005 | 1.01 million ha | +56.6% |
| 2006 | 994,287 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 607,488 ha | -38.9% |
| 2008 | 1.21 million ha | +99.9% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million ha | -15.5% |
| 2010 | 1.40 million ha | +36.1% |
| 2011 | 998,436 ha | -28.5% |
| 2012 | 1.35 million ha | +35.0% |
| 2013 | 1.27 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 1.21 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 1.25 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.23 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.23 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.49 million ha | +21.3% |
| 2019 | 1.54 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1.54 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million ha | -34.2% |
| 2022 | 1.79 million ha | +76.8% |
| 2023 | 1.59 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 1.60 million ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267,333 ha | 206,500 ha | 299,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 291,600 ha | 237,000 ha | 345,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 410,175 ha | 294,000 ha | 570,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 587,724 ha | 445,600 ha | 704,815 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 847,289 ha | 321,489 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.30 million ha | 998,436 ha | 1.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.50 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 5 |
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- 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 1.60 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 206,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 15th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.