Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 943 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 943 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 2,000 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 769 ha, in 2015.
Burkina Faso ranks 74th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 819 ha | -18.1% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | +95.4% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,969 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 1,731 ha | -12.1% |
| 1992 | 1,844 ha | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 1,939 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | -27.8% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 868 ha | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 809 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 894 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 1,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 1,074 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 1,108 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 1,127 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 1,124 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,100 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 1,024 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,048 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,067 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 1,083 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,025 ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 1,050 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,095 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 769 ha | -29.8% |
| 2016 | 971 ha | +26.3% |
| 2017 | 970 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 928 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 956 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 939 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 941 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 945 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 942 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 943 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,058 ha | 819 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,655 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,995 ha | 1,950 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,325 ha | 800 ha | 1,969 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,066 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,127 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 991.4 ha | 769 ha | 1,095 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 942 ha | 939 ha | 945 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)
- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 943 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 769 ha in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 74th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.