Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 225,628 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 225,628 ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 226,323 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Burkina Faso ranks 11th of 122 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — 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 | 500 ha | — |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +250.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +40.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 7,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 8,353 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 10,591 ha | +26.8% |
| 1997 | 9,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 11,116 ha | +23.5% |
| 1999 | 9,392 ha | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 13,844 ha | +47.4% |
| 2001 | 14,259 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 13,726 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 15,286 ha | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 15,771 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 16,588 ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 17,154 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 11,620 ha | -32.3% |
| 2008 | 12,020 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 12,550 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 32,579 ha | +159.6% |
| 2011 | 102,600 ha | +214.9% |
| 2012 | 72,600 ha | -29.2% |
| 2013 | 170,600 ha | +135.0% |
| 2014 | 177,644 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 201,298 ha | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 186,024 ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 196,702 ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 217,115 ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 213,666 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 210,905 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 211,846 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 221,601 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 226,323 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 225,628 ha | -0.3% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 225,628 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 54,343 ha, 4.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 225,628 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,038 ha, 8.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +250.0% | 1,000 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 2011 | +214.9% | 32,579 ha | 102,600 ha |
| 2010 | +159.6% | 12,550 ha | 32,579 ha |
| 2013 | +135.0% | 72,600 ha | 170,600 ha |
| 1979 | +100.0% | 500 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1988 | +100.0% | 3,000 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 150 ha | 0 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,450 ha | 1,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,525 ha | 6,500 ha | 11,116 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,282 ha | 11,620 ha | 17,154 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 157,083 ha | 32,579 ha | 217,115 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 219,261 ha | 210,905 ha | 226,323 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 8 Ghana 418,298 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 137,933 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 58,720 ha compare
- 9 Morocco 254,347 ha compare
- 10 Portugal 227,180 ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 28,002 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 17,450 ha compare
- 12 Tunisia 225,554 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 10,816 ha compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 1.44 million ha compare
- 13 Mexico 193,800 ha compare
- 14 Italy 193,780 ha compare
- 14 Micronesia 440 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 treenuts, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 225,628 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 226,323 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. 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 Treenuts, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.