Soya beans — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Soya beans — Area harvested was 118,803 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 118,803 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 800.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 132,528 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 29th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1985 | 3,400 ha | +70.0% |
| 1986 | 4,100 ha | +20.6% |
| 1987 | 1,200 ha | -70.7% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 1,200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1990 | 6,000 ha | +400.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | -83.3% |
| 1992 | 2,380 ha | +138.0% |
| 1993 | 2,744 ha | +15.3% |
| 1994 | 1,185 ha | -56.8% |
| 1995 | 1,216 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,014 ha | -16.6% |
| 1997 | 3,970 ha | +291.5% |
| 1998 | 3,346 ha | -15.7% |
| 1999 | 3,136 ha | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 4,079 ha | +30.1% |
| 2001 | 2,922 ha | -28.4% |
| 2002 | 2,278 ha | -22.0% |
| 2003 | 4,941 ha | +116.9% |
| 2004 | 2,142 ha | -56.6% |
| 2005 | 5,913 ha | +176.1% |
| 2006 | 5,131 ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 5,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 10,703 ha | +105.8% |
| 2009 | 10,787 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 17,827 ha | +65.3% |
| 2011 | 25,984 ha | +45.8% |
| 2012 | 22,198 ha | -14.6% |
| 2013 | 16,114 ha | -27.4% |
| 2014 | 13,191 ha | -18.1% |
| 2015 | 18,046 ha | +36.8% |
| 2016 | 23,164 ha | +28.4% |
| 2017 | 17,434 ha | -24.7% |
| 2018 | 28,206 ha | +61.8% |
| 2019 | 44,699 ha | +58.5% |
| 2020 | 83,371 ha | +86.5% |
| 2021 | 98,204 ha | +17.8% |
| 2022 | 132,528 ha | +35.0% |
| 2023 | 122,794 ha | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 118,803 ha | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,470 ha | 0 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,599 ha | 1,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,410 ha | 2,142 ha | 10,787 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,686 ha | 13,191 ha | 44,699 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 111,140 ha | 83,371 ha | 132,528 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 118,803 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 132,528 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 29th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 800.6%. 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 Soya beans — 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.