Rice — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Rice — Area harvested was 230,187 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 230,187 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 230,187 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18,000 ha, in 1991.
That places Burkina Faso 33rd out of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,835 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,843 ha | +24.2% |
| 1963 | 32,800 ha | -50.9% |
| 1964 | 34,800 ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 33,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 34,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 35,827 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 46,021 ha | +28.5% |
| 1969 | 40,128 ha | -12.8% |
| 1970 | 40,315 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 40,002 ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 40,454 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 38,940 ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 32,590 ha | -16.3% |
| 1975 | 41,300 ha | +26.7% |
| 1976 | 45,000 ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 31,896 ha | -29.1% |
| 1978 | 35,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 36,586 ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 39,471 ha | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 25,118 ha | -36.4% |
| 1983 | 21,542 ha | -14.2% |
| 1984 | 21,037 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 27,741 ha | +31.9% |
| 1986 | 22,586 ha | -18.6% |
| 1987 | 18,922 ha | -16.2% |
| 1988 | 21,872 ha | +15.6% |
| 1989 | 20,370 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 23,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 1992 | 24,800 ha | +37.8% |
| 1993 | 24,877 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 31,155 ha | +25.2% |
| 1995 | 43,652 ha | +40.1% |
| 1996 | 46,814 ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 56,837 ha | +21.4% |
| 1998 | 45,904 ha | -19.2% |
| 1999 | 37,951 ha | -17.3% |
| 2000 | 40,150 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 58,456 ha | +45.6% |
| 2002 | 46,871 ha | -19.8% |
| 2003 | 47,755 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 49,513 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 52,563 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 44,200 ha | -15.9% |
| 2007 | 40,534 ha | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 80,106 ha | +97.6% |
| 2009 | 92,243 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 133,737 ha | +45.0% |
| 2011 | 136,268 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 136,864 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 138,852 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 144,261 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 142,715 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 170,158 ha | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 165,086 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 160,949 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 177,256 ha | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 201,734 ha | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 221,052 ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 198,473 ha | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 212,294 ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 230,187 ha | +8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,973 ha | 32,800 ha | 66,843 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,550 ha | 31,896 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,524 ha | 18,922 ha | 39,471 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,299 ha | 18,000 ha | 56,837 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,239 ha | 40,150 ha | 92,243 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 150,615 ha | 133,737 ha | 177,256 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 212,748 ha | 198,473 ha | 230,187 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 30 Mozambique 273,082 ha compare
- 31 Chad 257,047 ha compare
- 32 China, Taiwan Province of 250,000 ha compare
- 34 Uganda 230,000 ha compare
- 35 Italy 226,130 ha compare
- 36 Russian Federation 206,200 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)
- 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 rice — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Rice — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 230,187 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 230,187 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1991.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for rice — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 33rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.6%. 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 Rice — 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.