Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,180 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burkina Faso stood at 1,180 kg/ha.
The figure is down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,378 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 102.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
Burkina Faso ranks 52nd of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 102.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 180.9 kg/ha | +76.3% |
| 1963 | 175.7 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 167.1 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1965 | 150.1 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 311.3 kg/ha | +107.4% |
| 1967 | 264.1 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1968 | 447 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 1969 | 426.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 291.5 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1971 | 379.8 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1972 | 465 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1973 | 400.4 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1974 | 496.8 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1975 | 745.5 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1976 | 697.4 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1977 | 553.2 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1978 | 836.1 kg/ha | +51.1% |
| 1979 | 945 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 834.4 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1981 | 881.9 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,050 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 1,032 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 1,071 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 1,220 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1986 | 1,334 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1987 | 869.3 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1988 | 858.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 939.7 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 1,140 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1991 | 997.9 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 996.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 956.9 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 891 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 1,035 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1996 | 1,009 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,239 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1998 | 969.5 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1999 | 1,213 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 1,016 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 1,143 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 1,066 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 1,064 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,027 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,146 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 1,333 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 996.9 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2008 | 1,346 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 2009 | 1,191 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 1,144 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 1,116 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 1,143 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 1,217 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 1,374 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 1,378 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,198 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 999.3 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2018 | 1,019 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,225 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2020 | 1,229 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,114 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 966.2 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 1,181 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 1,180 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 247.27 kg/ha | 102.6 kg/ha | 447 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 581.07 kg/ha | 291.5 kg/ha | 945 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,009 kg/ha | 834.4 kg/ha | 1,334 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,045 kg/ha | 891 kg/ha | 1,239 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,133 kg/ha | 996.9 kg/ha | 1,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,181 kg/ha | 999.3 kg/ha | 1,378 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,134 kg/ha | 966.2 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burkina Faso was 1,180 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,378 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 102.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 52nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Yield. 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.