Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 651,844 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 651,844 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 844,895 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 22,925 ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 8th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,925 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,600 ha | +59.7% |
| 1963 | 45,800 ha | +25.1% |
| 1964 | 52,500 ha | +14.6% |
| 1965 | 49,720 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 52,355 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 65,408 ha | +24.9% |
| 1968 | 71,648 ha | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 84,976 ha | +18.6% |
| 1970 | 80,557 ha | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 74,056 ha | -8.1% |
| 1972 | 70,058 ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 66,601 ha | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 61,520 ha | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 68,005 ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 79,225 ha | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 68,767 ha | -13.2% |
| 1978 | 71,714 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 82,030 ha | +14.4% |
| 1980 | 74,948 ha | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 65,240 ha | -13.0% |
| 1982 | 71,970 ha | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 76,213 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 82,300 ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 94,625 ha | +15.0% |
| 1986 | 126,850 ha | +34.1% |
| 1987 | 170,268 ha | +34.2% |
| 1988 | 170,008 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 162,169 ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 166,274 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 242,700 ha | +46.0% |
| 1992 | 173,011 ha | -28.7% |
| 1993 | 119,928 ha | -30.7% |
| 1994 | 198,800 ha | +65.8% |
| 1995 | 145,418 ha | -26.9% |
| 1996 | 200,768 ha | +38.1% |
| 1997 | 276,911 ha | +37.9% |
| 1998 | 334,770 ha | +20.9% |
| 1999 | 211,931 ha | -36.7% |
| 2000 | 209,113 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 345,578 ha | +65.3% |
| 2002 | 412,138 ha | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 443,739 ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 521,466 ha | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 621,748 ha | +19.2% |
| 2006 | 569,858 ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 378,536 ha | -33.6% |
| 2008 | 535,325 ha | +41.4% |
| 2009 | 406,278 ha | -24.1% |
| 2010 | 462,807 ha | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 395,089 ha | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 531,242 ha | +34.5% |
| 2013 | 629,460 ha | +18.5% |
| 2014 | 651,294 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 557,840 ha | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 654,955 ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 844,895 ha | +29.0% |
| 2018 | 473,375 ha | -44.0% |
| 2019 | 590,999 ha | +24.8% |
| 2020 | 566,635 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 611,325 ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 692,036 ha | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 612,380 ha | -11.5% |
| 2024 | 651,844 ha | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,548 ha | 22,925 ha | 84,976 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,253 ha | 61,520 ha | 82,030 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 109,459 ha | 65,240 ha | 170,268 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 207,051 ha | 119,928 ha | 334,770 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 444,378 ha | 209,113 ha | 621,748 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 579,196 ha | 395,089 ha | 844,895 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 626,844 ha | 566,635 ha | 692,036 ha | 5 |
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 651,844 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 844,895 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,925 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 8th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.