Sesame seed — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 427,819 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Burkina Faso stood at 427,819 ha.
That represents a change of up 10.6% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 644,890 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,285 ha, in 1994.
That places Burkina Faso 10th out of 72 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.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 21,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1964 | 30,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,961 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 22,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 26,500 ha | +20.5% |
| 1971 | 21,980 ha | -17.1% |
| 1972 | 34,000 ha | +54.7% |
| 1973 | 30,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1974 | 25,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 38,740 ha | +55.0% |
| 1979 | 29,445 ha | -24.0% |
| 1980 | 38,469 ha | +30.6% |
| 1981 | 22,420 ha | -41.7% |
| 1982 | 23,047 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 19,984 ha | -13.3% |
| 1984 | 20,022 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 24,000 ha | +19.9% |
| 1986 | 31,971 ha | +33.2% |
| 1987 | 39,554 ha | +23.7% |
| 1988 | 18,437 ha | -53.4% |
| 1989 | 14,181 ha | -23.1% |
| 1990 | 19,600 ha | +38.2% |
| 1991 | 17,100 ha | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 27,498 ha | +60.8% |
| 1993 | 26,522 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 6,285 ha | -76.3% |
| 1995 | 11,886 ha | +89.1% |
| 1996 | 24,241 ha | +103.9% |
| 1997 | 24,035 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 20,143 ha | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 24,131 ha | +19.8% |
| 2000 | 24,587 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 60,921 ha | +147.8% |
| 2002 | 26,076 ha | -57.2% |
| 2003 | 30,945 ha | +18.7% |
| 2004 | 24,913 ha | -19.5% |
| 2005 | 46,294 ha | +85.8% |
| 2006 | 47,337 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 55,058 ha | +16.3% |
| 2008 | 91,997 ha | +67.1% |
| 2009 | 93,384 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 125,471 ha | +34.4% |
| 2011 | 120,750 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 165,575 ha | +37.1% |
| 2013 | 203,449 ha | +22.9% |
| 2014 | 506,095 ha | +148.8% |
| 2015 | 400,255 ha | -20.9% |
| 2016 | 282,442 ha | -29.4% |
| 2017 | 291,173 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 438,941 ha | +50.7% |
| 2019 | 617,749 ha | +40.7% |
| 2020 | 644,890 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 388,916 ha | -39.7% |
| 2022 | 396,151 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 386,937 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 427,819 ha | +10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,440 ha | 10,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,066 ha | 21,980 ha | 38,740 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,208 ha | 14,181 ha | 39,554 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,144 ha | 6,285 ha | 27,498 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,151 ha | 24,587 ha | 93,384 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 315,190 ha | 120,750 ha | 617,749 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 448,943 ha | 386,937 ha | 644,890 ha | 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)
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 427,819 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 644,890 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,285 ha in 1994.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 10th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. 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 Sesame seed — 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.