Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 62.58 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 62.58 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Burkina Faso peaked at 62.61 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 47.69 %, in 1963.
Burkina Faso ranks 35th of 220 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47.7 % | — |
| 1962 | 47.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 47.69 % | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 47.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 47.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 47.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 47.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 47.71 % | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 47.71 % | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 47.71 % | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 47.7 % | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 47.71 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 47.71 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 47.7 % | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 47.71 % | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 47.76 % | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 47.73 % | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 47.71 % | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 47.73 % | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 47.77 % | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 47.8 % | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 47.77 % | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 47.78 % | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 48.26 % | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 48.87 % | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 49.22 % | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 49.69 % | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 50.15 % | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 50.66 % | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 51.07 % | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 51.54 % | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 51.99 % | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 52.44 % | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 52.89 % | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 53.08 % | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 53.34 % | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 53.61 % | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 53.68 % | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 53.64 % | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 53.3 % | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 53.38 % | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 53.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 53.58 % | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 53.86 % | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 54.28 % | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 54.69 % | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 55 % | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 55.43 % | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 55.85 % | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 56.41 % | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 57.07 % | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 57.42 % | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 58.36 % | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 58.88 % | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 59.5 % | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 59.94 % | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 60.45 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 61.06 % | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 61.26 % | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 61.71 % | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 62.05 % | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 62.57 % | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 62.61 % | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 62.58 % | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.7 % | 47.69 % | 47.71 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 47.72 % | 47.7 % | 47.76 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 48.8 % | 47.77 % | 50.66 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 52.73 % | 51.07 % | 53.68 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.28 % | 53.3 % | 55.85 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.04 % | 56.41 % | 61.26 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.3 % | 61.71 % | 62.61 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.2778 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Burkina Faso?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Burkina Faso was 62.58 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 62.61 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.69 % in 1963.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Burkina Faso ranks 35th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.