Yams — Area harvested in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Yams — Area harvested was 5,704 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — 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 yams — area harvested in Burkina Faso is 5,704 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 18.9% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Burkina Faso peaked at 15,629 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,433 ha, in 2005.
That places Burkina Faso 24th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,755 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,946 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 8,700 ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | -42.5% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 7,604 ha | +26.7% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,830 ha | -19.5% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 7,900 ha | +12.9% |
| 1982 | 7,980 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 8,125 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 8,274 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 7,900 ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 12,600 ha | +59.5% |
| 1987 | 10,900 ha | -13.5% |
| 1988 | 9,300 ha | -14.7% |
| 1989 | 7,012 ha | -24.6% |
| 1990 | 5,600 ha | -20.1% |
| 1991 | 6,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 11,242 ha | +87.4% |
| 1993 | 7,002 ha | -37.7% |
| 1994 | 6,871 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 9,253 ha | +34.7% |
| 1996 | 6,680 ha | -27.8% |
| 1997 | 5,268 ha | -21.1% |
| 1998 | 6,802 ha | +29.1% |
| 1999 | 6,580 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 6,628 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 10,171 ha | +53.5% |
| 2002 | 3,021 ha | -70.3% |
| 2003 | 2,955 ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 12,087 ha | +309.0% |
| 2005 | 2,433 ha | -79.9% |
| 2006 | 2,592 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 3,019 ha | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 6,022 ha | +99.5% |
| 2009 | 8,586 ha | +42.6% |
| 2010 | 14,677 ha | +70.9% |
| 2011 | 13,328 ha | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 12,485 ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 15,629 ha | +25.2% |
| 2014 | 6,725 ha | -57.0% |
| 2015 | 7,809 ha | +16.1% |
| 2016 | 7,964 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 6,723 ha | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 5,579 ha | -17.0% |
| 2019 | 7,180 ha | +28.7% |
| 2020 | 7,335 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 6,369 ha | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 3,974 ha | -37.6% |
| 2023 | 4,798 ha | +20.7% |
| 2024 | 5,704 ha | +18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,889 ha | 5,000 ha | 8,946 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,683 ha | 4,830 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,699 ha | 7,000 ha | 12,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,130 ha | 5,268 ha | 11,242 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,751 ha | 2,433 ha | 12,087 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,810 ha | 5,579 ha | 15,629 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,636 ha | 3,974 ha | 7,335 ha | 5 |
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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 yams — area harvested in Burkina Faso?
- Yams — area harvested in Burkina Faso was 5,704 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 15,629 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,433 ha in 2005.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for yams — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 24th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.