Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Seed cotton, unginned — Production was 769,440 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 769,440 t for seed cotton, unginned — production in 2024.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 894,982 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,352 t, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 11th out of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Production in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,352 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,621 t | +181.5% |
| 1963 | 8,048 t | +21.6% |
| 1964 | 8,774 t | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 7,463 t | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 16,297 t | +118.4% |
| 1967 | 17,275 t | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 32,027 t | +85.4% |
| 1969 | 36,247 t | +13.2% |
| 1970 | 23,484 t | -35.2% |
| 1971 | 28,126 t | +19.8% |
| 1972 | 32,574 t | +15.8% |
| 1973 | 26,668 t | -18.1% |
| 1974 | 30,563 t | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 50,695 t | +65.9% |
| 1976 | 55,253 t | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 38,043 t | -31.1% |
| 1978 | 59,957 t | +57.6% |
| 1979 | 77,520 t | +29.3% |
| 1980 | 62,538 t | -19.3% |
| 1981 | 57,534 t | -8.0% |
| 1982 | 75,572 t | +31.4% |
| 1983 | 78,649 t | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 88,134 t | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 115,491 t | +31.0% |
| 1986 | 169,227 t | +46.5% |
| 1987 | 148,015 t | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 145,879 t | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 152,389 t | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 189,543 t | +24.4% |
| 1991 | 242,200 t | +27.8% |
| 1992 | 172,400 t | -28.8% |
| 1993 | 114,764 t | -33.4% |
| 1994 | 177,127 t | +54.3% |
| 1995 | 150,451 t | -15.1% |
| 1996 | 202,630 t | +34.7% |
| 1997 | 343,106 t | +69.3% |
| 1998 | 324,557 t | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 257,121 t | -20.8% |
| 2000 | 212,545 t | -17.3% |
| 2001 | 395,031 t | +85.9% |
| 2002 | 439,247 t | +11.2% |
| 2003 | 471,945 t | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 535,367 t | +13.4% |
| 2005 | 712,707 t | +33.1% |
| 2006 | 759,858 t | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 377,364 t | -50.3% |
| 2008 | 720,675 t | +91.0% |
| 2009 | 483,865 t | -32.9% |
| 2010 | 529,620 t | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 441,057 t | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 606,992 t | +37.6% |
| 2013 | 766,221 t | +26.2% |
| 2014 | 894,982 t | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 768,930 t | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 784,784 t | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 844,337 t | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 482,173 t | -42.9% |
| 2019 | 724,232 t | +50.2% |
| 2020 | 696,636 t | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 680,767 t | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 668,633 t | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 723,172 t | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 769,440 t | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,012 t | 2,352 t | 36,247 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,288 t | 23,484 t | 77,520 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 109,343 t | 57,534 t | 169,227 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 217,390 t | 114,764 t | 343,106 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 510,860 t | 212,545 t | 759,858 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 684,333 t | 441,057 t | 894,982 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 707,730 t | 668,633 t | 769,440 t | 5 |
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- 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 seed cotton, unginned — production in Burkina Faso?
- Seed cotton, unginned — production in Burkina Faso was 769,440 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 894,982 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,352 t in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for seed cotton, unginned — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. 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 — Production. 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.