Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 5,710 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Burkina Faso, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, grassland — area from cci_lc in Burkina Faso stood at 5,710 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Burkina Faso peaked at 5,803 1000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,710 1000 ha, in 2022.
Burkina Faso ranks 41st of 224 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5,802 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 5,801 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,801 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,802 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,796 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 5,794 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,770 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 5,766 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,777 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 5,783 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,789 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,790 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,792 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,794 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,790 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 5,798 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 5,794 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 5,797 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 5,796 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,796 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 5,802 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 5,803 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,803 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,803 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,798 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 5,791 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 5,767 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,750 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,750 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 5,717 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 5,710 1000 ha | -0.1% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 5,710 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 3,548 1000 ha, 1.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 5,710 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 2.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,791 1000 ha | 5,766 1000 ha | 5,802 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 5,790 1000 ha | 5,777 1000 ha | 5,798 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,791 1000 ha | 5,750 1000 ha | 5,803 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,726 1000 ha | 5,710 1000 ha | 5,750 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
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)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3634 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Burkina Faso?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Burkina Faso was 5,710 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 5,803 1000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,710 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Burkina Faso ranks 41st out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.