Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land was 49.84 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 49.84 % for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Burkina Faso peaked at 76.92 % in 1963 and was at its lowest, 49.81 %, in 2023.
Burkina Faso ranks 101st of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76.9 % | — |
| 1962 | 76.9 % | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 76.92 % | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 76.89 % | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 76.9 % | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 76.89 % | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 76.9 % | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 76.89 % | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 76.88 % | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 76.88 % | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 76.89 % | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 76.88 % | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 76.88 % | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 76.89 % | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 76.88 % | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 76.8 % | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 76.84 % | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 76.88 % | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 76.85 % | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 76.79 % | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 76.73 % | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 76.78 % | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 76.78 % | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 76 % | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 75.06 % | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 74.52 % | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 73.82 % | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 73.14 % | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 72.41 % | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 71.82 % | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 71.16 % | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 70.55 % | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 69.94 % | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 69.34 % | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 68.55 % | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 67.83 % | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 67.13 % | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 66.28 % | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 65.4 % | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 64.26 % | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 63.43 % | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 62.56 % | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 61.94 % | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 61.05 % | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 60.4 % | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 59.78 % | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 59.12 % | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 58.53 % | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 57.91 % | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 57.29 % | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 56.48 % | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 56.1 % | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 55.13 % | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 54.56 % | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 53.99 % | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 53.48 % | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 52.97 % | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 52.07 % | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 51.44 % | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 51.01 % | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 50.47 % | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 49.84 % | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 49.81 % | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 49.84 % | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.9 % | 76.88 % | 76.92 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 76.87 % | 76.8 % | 76.89 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.2 % | 72.41 % | 76.79 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.8 % | 65.4 % | 71.82 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.9 % | 57.91 % | 64.26 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.35 % | 51.44 % | 57.29 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.19 % | 49.81 % | 51.01 % | 5 |
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- 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 permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Burkina Faso?
- Permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land in Burkina Faso was 49.84 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 76.92 % in 1963.
- What is the lowest permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.81 % in 2023.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land?
- Burkina Faso ranks 101st out of 204 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent meadows and pastures — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land. 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.