Tomatoes — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 18,590 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 18,590 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 18,871 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 1973.
That places Burkina Faso 37th out of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 550 ha | +37.5% |
| 1980 | 800 ha | +45.5% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +87.5% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 2,250 ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 2,272 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,200 ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 1,584 ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 1,600 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,544 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 1,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 1,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 825 ha | -31.2% |
| 1997 | 581 ha | -29.6% |
| 1998 | 1,842 ha | +217.0% |
| 1999 | 2,245 ha | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 2,699 ha | +20.2% |
| 2001 | 3,185 ha | +18.0% |
| 2002 | 3,682 ha | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 4,190 ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 4,709 ha | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 6,485 ha | +37.7% |
| 2006 | 5,911 ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 6,234 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 6,715 ha | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 7,270 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 7,937 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 9,475 ha | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 11,170 ha | +17.9% |
| 2013 | 12,003 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 16,983 ha | +41.5% |
| 2015 | 17,867 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 18,871 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 14,000 ha | -25.8% |
| 2018 | 16,500 ha | +17.9% |
| 2019 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 18,073 ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 18,217 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 18,590 ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141.11 ha | 140 ha | 150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 231 ha | 130 ha | 550 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,842 ha | 800 ha | 2,272 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,432 ha | 581 ha | 2,245 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,108 ha | 2,699 ha | 7,270 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,131 ha | 7,937 ha | 18,871 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,676 ha | 16,500 ha | 18,590 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 18,590 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 18,871 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 1973.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 37th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.