Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 34,261 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso stood at 34,261 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 60.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 39,421 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 6,082 ha, in 2003.
Burkina Faso ranks 90th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,005 ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,421 ha | +35.9% |
| 1963 | 26,000 ha | -34.0% |
| 1964 | 24,900 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 22,604 ha | -16.3% |
| 1969 | 22,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 21,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 19,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1974 | 16,830 ha | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 17,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 16,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,500 ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 14,500 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 14,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 13,900 ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 14,400 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 15,475 ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 16,249 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 13,200 ha | -18.8% |
| 1986 | 18,340 ha | +38.9% |
| 1987 | 17,589 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 18,612 ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 13,316 ha | -28.5% |
| 1990 | 10,190 ha | -23.5% |
| 1991 | 11,969 ha | +17.5% |
| 1992 | 16,729 ha | +39.8% |
| 1993 | 11,729 ha | -29.9% |
| 1994 | 10,317 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 13,742 ha | +33.2% |
| 1996 | 10,091 ha | -26.6% |
| 1997 | 9,305 ha | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 10,099 ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 9,963 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 10,624 ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 16,711 ha | +57.3% |
| 2002 | 9,932 ha | -40.6% |
| 2003 | 6,082 ha | -38.8% |
| 2004 | 19,126 ha | +214.5% |
| 2005 | 12,956 ha | -32.3% |
| 2006 | 11,557 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 12,676 ha | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 17,704 ha | +39.7% |
| 2009 | 20,991 ha | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 34,005 ha | +62.0% |
| 2011 | 30,376 ha | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 33,131 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 37,272 ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 21,318 ha | -42.8% |
| 2015 | 22,239 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 22,805 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 29,594 ha | +29.8% |
| 2018 | 26,576 ha | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 33,546 ha | +26.2% |
| 2020 | 38,118 ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 34,332 ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 32,558 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 32,431 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 34,261 ha | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,770 ha | 22,000 ha | 39,421 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,183 ha | 14,500 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,508 ha | 13,200 ha | 18,612 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,413 ha | 9,305 ha | 16,729 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,836 ha | 6,082 ha | 20,991 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,086 ha | 21,318 ha | 37,272 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,340 ha | 32,431 ha | 38,118 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)
- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 34,261 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 39,421 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,082 ha in 2003.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 90th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.