Sugar cane — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 5,090 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 5,090 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 5,100 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 71st out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — 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 | 937 ha | — |
| 1975 | 2,230 ha | +138.0% |
| 1976 | 2,513 ha | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 3,100 ha | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 3,800 ha | +22.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,915 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,550 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,100 ha | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 4,600 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 4,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 4,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,636 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 4,783 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 4,842 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 4,864 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 4,899 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 4,927 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 4,967 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 5,029 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 5,041 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,065 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 5,090 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,658 ha | 0 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,992 ha | 3,915 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,020 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,435 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,815 ha | 4,600 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,038 ha | 4,967 ha | 5,090 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 19.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 5,090 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 5,100 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 71st out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.