Burkina Faso - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Burkina Faso was 6,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,200,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 2,124,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 2,124,000
1962 2,134,000
1963 2,144,000
1964 2,149,000
1965 2,159,000
1966 2,170,000
1967 2,180,000
1968 2,190,000
1969 2,202,000
1970 2,216,000
1971 2,200,000
1972 2,282,000
1973 2,353,000
1974 2,433,000
1975 2,506,000
1976 2,550,000
1977 2,600,000
1978 2,650,000
1979 2,700,000
1980 2,745,000
1981 2,790,000
1982 2,840,000
1983 2,885,000
1984 2,930,000
1985 2,980,000
1986 3,025,000
1987 3,075,000
1988 3,494,000
1989 3,530,000
1990 3,505,000
1991 3,480,000
1992 3,455,000
1993 3,430,000
1994 3,361,000
1995 3,380,000
1996 3,480,000
1997 3,780,000
1998 3,900,000
1999 3,900,000
2000 3,700,000
2001 4,500,000
2002 4,700,000
2003 5,100,000
2004 4,600,000
2005 4,900,000
2006 4,700,000
2007 4,900,000
2008 6,000,000
2009 5,700,000
2010 6,000,000
2011 5,700,000
2012 6,000,000
2013 6,200,000
2014 6,000,000
2015 6,000,000
2016 6,000,000
2017 6,000,000
2018 6,000,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Burkina Faso was 0.304 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.434 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.304 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 0.434
1962 0.430
1963 0.426
1964 0.421
1965 0.417
1966 0.413
1967 0.408
1968 0.403
1969 0.398
1970 0.394
1971 0.384
1972 0.392
1973 0.397
1974 0.403
1975 0.407
1976 0.406
1977 0.406
1978 0.406
1979 0.405
1980 0.402
1981 0.399
1982 0.397
1983 0.393
1984 0.389
1985 0.386
1986 0.381
1987 0.378
1988 0.418
1989 0.411
1990 0.398
1991 0.385
1992 0.372
1993 0.359
1994 0.342
1995 0.335
1996 0.335
1997 0.354
1998 0.356
1999 0.346
2000 0.319
2001 0.377
2002 0.382
2003 0.403
2004 0.353
2005 0.365
2006 0.340
2007 0.344
2008 0.408
2009 0.376
2010 0.384
2011 0.354
2012 0.362
2013 0.363
2014 0.341
2015 0.331
2016 0.322
2017 0.313
2018 0.304

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Burkina Faso was 21.93 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 22.66 in 2013, while its lowest value was 7.76 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 7.76
1962 7.80
1963 7.84
1964 7.85
1965 7.89
1966 7.93
1967 7.97
1968 8.00
1969 8.05
1970 8.10
1971 8.04
1972 8.34
1973 8.60
1974 8.89
1975 9.16
1976 9.32
1977 9.50
1978 9.69
1979 9.87
1980 10.03
1981 10.20
1982 10.38
1983 10.54
1984 10.71
1985 10.89
1986 11.06
1987 11.24
1988 12.77
1989 12.90
1990 12.81
1991 12.72
1992 12.63
1993 12.54
1994 12.28
1995 12.35
1996 12.72
1997 13.82
1998 14.25
1999 14.25
2000 13.52
2001 16.45
2002 17.18
2003 18.64
2004 16.81
2005 17.91
2006 17.18
2007 17.91
2008 21.93
2009 20.83
2010 21.93
2011 20.83
2012 21.93
2013 22.66
2014 21.93
2015 21.93
2016 21.93
2017 21.93
2018 21.93

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use