Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Burkina Faso

Arable land in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 7,907,389 ha. Ranked 31 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 163.6%.

2023 7.91M ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 31of 206
Period maximum 7.91M ha2022
Period minimum 3M ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Burkina Faso, 1961–20232M4M6M8M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,000,000 ha1963: 3,000,000 ha1965: 3,000,000 ha1967: 3,000,000 ha1969: 3,000,000 ha1971: 3,000,000 ha1973: 3,000,000 ha1975: 3,000,000 ha1977: 3,000,000 ha1979: 3,000,000 ha1981: 3,000,000 ha1983: 3,000,000 ha1985: 3,251,661 ha1987: 3,503,322 ha1989: 3,754,983 ha1991: 4,006,644 ha1993: 4,258,305 ha1995: 4,509,966 ha1997: 4,761,627 ha1999: 5,013,288 ha2001: 5,264,949 ha2003: 5,516,610 ha2005: 5,768,271 ha2007: 6,019,932 ha2009: 6,271,592 ha2011: 6,523,253 ha2013: 6,774,914 ha2015: 7,026,575 ha2017: 7,278,236 ha2019: 7,529,897 ha2021: 7,781,558 ha2023: 7,907,389 ha
Change over the period: +4.91M (+163.58%) Average annual rate: 1.58 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 7.91M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Western Africa computed 99.78M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 7.91M +0 +0%
2022 7.91M +125,831 +1.62%
2021 7.78M +125,831 +1.64%
2020 7.66M +125,831 +1.67%
2019 7.53M +125,831 +1.7%
2018 7.4M +125,830 +1.73%
2017 7.28M +125,831 +1.76%
2016 7.15M +125,831 +1.79%
2015 7.03M +125,831 +1.82%
2014 6.9M +125,830 +1.86%
2013 6.77M +125,831 +1.89%
2012 6.65M +125,831 +1.93%
2011 6.52M +125,831 +1.97%
2010 6.4M +125,831 +2.01%
2009 6.27M +125,830 +2.05%
2008 6.15M +125,831 +2.09%
2007 6.02M +125,831 +2.13%
2006 5.89M +125,831 +2.18%
2005 5.77M +125,831 +2.23%
2004 5.64M +125,830 +2.28%
2003 5.52M +125,831 +2.33%
2002 5.39M +125,831 +2.39%
2001 5.26M +125,831 +2.45%
2000 5.14M +125,830 +2.51%
1999 5.01M +125,831 +2.57%
1998 4.89M +125,831 +2.64%
1997 4.76M +125,831 +2.71%
1996 4.64M +125,831 +2.79%
1995 4.51M +125,830 +2.87%
1994 4.38M +125,831 +2.95%
1993 4.26M +125,831 +3.04%
1992 4.13M +125,831 +3.14%
1991 4.01M +125,831 +3.24%
1990 3.88M +125,830 +3.35%
1989 3.75M +125,831 +3.47%
1988 3.63M +125,831 +3.59%
1987 3.5M +125,831 +3.73%
1986 3.38M +125,830 +3.87%
1985 3.25M +125,831 +4.03%
1984 3.13M +125,831 +4.19%
1983 3M +0 +0%
1982 3M +0 +0%
1981 3M +0 +0%
1980 3M +0 +0%
1979 3M +0 +0%
1978 3M +0 +0%
1977 3M +0 +0%
1976 3M +0 +0%
1975 3M +0 +0%
1974 3M +0 +0%
1973 3M +0 +0%
1972 3M +0 +0%
1971 3M +0 +0%
1970 3M +0 +0%
1969 3M +0 +0%
1968 3M +0 +0%
1967 3M +0 +0%
1966 3M +0 +0%
1965 3M +0 +0%
1964 3M +0 +0%
1963 3M +0 +0%
1962 3M +0 +0%
1961 3M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.