Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 10,122 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Burkina Faso stood at 10,122 ha.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 25,475 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,790 ha, in 1990.
That places Burkina Faso 40th out of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,475 ha | +67.0% |
| 1963 | 12,300 ha | -51.7% |
| 1964 | 14,900 ha | +21.1% |
| 1965 | 15,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 2,900 ha | -17.1% |
| 1982 | 3,320 ha | +14.5% |
| 1983 | 3,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 3,567 ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | -29.9% |
| 1986 | 3,175 ha | +27.0% |
| 1987 | 4,437 ha | +39.7% |
| 1988 | 5,818 ha | +31.1% |
| 1989 | 4,704 ha | -19.1% |
| 1990 | 1,790 ha | -61.9% |
| 1991 | 2,900 ha | +62.0% |
| 1992 | 2,636 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 3,170 ha | +20.3% |
| 1994 | 2,035 ha | -35.8% |
| 1995 | 3,430 ha | +68.6% |
| 1996 | 2,710 ha | -21.0% |
| 1997 | 3,096 ha | +14.2% |
| 1998 | 2,427 ha | -21.6% |
| 1999 | 2,058 ha | -15.2% |
| 2000 | 2,055 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 5,311 ha | +158.4% |
| 2002 | 5,996 ha | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 2,143 ha | -64.3% |
| 2004 | 5,908 ha | +175.7% |
| 2005 | 8,498 ha | +43.8% |
| 2006 | 6,477 ha | -23.8% |
| 2007 | 6,831 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 6,602 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 6,419 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 9,005 ha | +40.3% |
| 2011 | 7,359 ha | -18.3% |
| 2012 | 11,173 ha | +51.8% |
| 2013 | 11,414 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 6,427 ha | -43.7% |
| 2015 | 6,274 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 6,692 ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 5,013 ha | -25.1% |
| 2018 | 4,883 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 5,907 ha | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 12,773 ha | +116.2% |
| 2021 | 9,763 ha | -23.6% |
| 2022 | 9,688 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 9,296 ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 10,122 ha | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,881 ha | 10,000 ha | 25,475 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,650 ha | 4,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,732 ha | 2,500 ha | 5,818 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,625 ha | 1,790 ha | 3,430 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,624 ha | 2,055 ha | 8,498 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,415 ha | 4,883 ha | 11,414 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,328 ha | 9,296 ha | 12,773 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 37 Benin 12,318 ha compare
- 38 Egypt 11,989 ha compare
- 39 Sudan (former) 10,500 ha compare
- 41 Dominican Republic 9,774 ha compare
- 42 Argentina 8,918 ha compare
- 43 China, Taiwan Province of 8,860 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- 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)
- 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 10,122 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 25,475 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,790 ha in 1990.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 40th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.