Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland was 0.63 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Burkina Faso stood at 0.63 %.
The figure is down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.8 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.07 %, in 1961.
Burkina Faso ranks 166th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.07 % | — |
| 1962 | 0.07 % | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.07 % | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.07 % | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.07 % | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.07 % | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.13 % | +85.7% |
| 1968 | 0.13 % | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.13 % | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.13 % | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.2 % | +53.8% |
| 1972 | 0.2 % | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.2 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.27 % | +35.0% |
| 1975 | 0.27 % | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.26 % | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.26 % | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.33 % | +26.9% |
| 1979 | 0.33 % | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.33 % | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.33 % | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.4 % | +21.2% |
| 1983 | 0.4 % | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.38 % | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 0.36 % | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 0.41 % | +13.9% |
| 1987 | 0.45 % | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 0.43 % | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 0.47 % | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 0.51 % | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 0.54 % | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.58 % | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 0.56 % | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.55 % | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 0.55 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.53 % | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 0.52 % | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.5 % | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.49 % | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.48 % | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.47 % | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.51 % | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 0.56 % | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 0.59 % | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.63 % | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 0.66 % | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.69 % | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.72 % | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.75 % | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 0.77 % | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8 % | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.79 % | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.76 % | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 0.74 % | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.72 % | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.71 % | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7 % | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.68 % | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.67 % | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.66 % | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.65 % | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.63 % | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.63 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.63 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.09 % | 0.07 % | 0.13 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.245 % | 0.13 % | 0.33 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.396 % | 0.33 % | 0.47 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.533 % | 0.49 % | 0.58 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.606 % | 0.47 % | 0.75 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.734 % | 0.67 % | 0.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.64 % | 0.63 % | 0.66 % | 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 land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Burkina Faso?
- Land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Burkina Faso was 0.63 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.07 % in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland?
- Burkina Faso ranks 166th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. 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 Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland. 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.