Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 159,887 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 159,887 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 159,887 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,839 ha, in 1961.
Burkina Faso ranks 38th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,839 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,110 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 20,381 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 20,482 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 20,748 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 20,700 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 20,880 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 21,070 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 21,130 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 21,250 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 21,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 21,490 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 21,580 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 21,620 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 21,230 ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 21,480 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 21,570 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 21,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 21,480 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 21,910 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 24,200 ha | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 24,900 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 25,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 26,172 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 26,750 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 26,450 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 26,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 26,520 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 26,030 ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 23,955 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 28,837 ha | +20.4% |
| 1992 | 30,645 ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 30,676 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 34,735 ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 36,938 ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 39,109 ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 40,888 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 44,473 ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 47,431 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 50,314 ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 53,334 ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 56,507 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 61,137 ha | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 61,506 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 66,128 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 68,499 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 72,432 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 76,880 ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 81,692 ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 86,779 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 92,936 ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 99,459 ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 98,458 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 118,318 ha | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 126,987 ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 135,749 ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 110,217 ha | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 127,397 ha | +15.6% |
| 2019 | 146,059 ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 146,069 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 150,069 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 157,671 ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 155,203 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 159,887 ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,593 ha | 19,839 ha | 21,130 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,475 ha | 21,230 ha | 21,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,483 ha | 21,910 ha | 26,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,769 ha | 23,955 ha | 47,431 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,843 ha | 50,314 ha | 81,692 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,236 ha | 86,779 ha | 146,059 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 153,780 ha | 146,069 ha | 159,887 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 35 Kenya 203,994 ha compare
- 36 Ethiopia PDR 180,200 ha compare
- 37 Argentina 170,781 ha compare
- 39 South Africa 154,008 ha compare
- 40 Morocco 148,901 ha compare
- 41 Serbia and Montenegro 148,256 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)
- 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 159,887 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 159,887 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,839 ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.