Burkina Faso Arable Land 1961-2022
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.
- Burkina Faso arable land for 2018 was 6,000,000, a 0% increase from 2017.
- Burkina Faso arable land for 2017 was 6,000,000, a 0% increase from 2016.
- Burkina Faso arable land for 2016 was 6,000,000, a 0% increase from 2015.
- Burkina Faso arable land for 2015 was 6,000,000, a 0% increase from 2014.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
Hectares |
| Niger |
17,700,000 |
| Ethiopia |
16,187,000 |
| Tanzania |
13,500,000 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. |
11,800,000 |
| Afghanistan |
7,703,000 |
| Uganda |
6,900,000 |
| Mali |
6,411,000 |
| Burkina Faso |
6,000,000 |
| Mozambique |
5,650,000 |
| Chad |
5,200,000 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
4,662,000 |
| Zimbabwe |
4,000,000 |
| Malawi |
3,600,000 |
| Senegal |
3,200,000 |
| Guinea |
3,100,000 |
| Madagascar |
3,000,000 |
| Benin |
2,800,000 |
| Togo |
2,650,000 |
| North Korea |
2,350,000 |
| Nepal |
2,113,700 |
| Central African Republic |
1,800,000 |
| Sierra Leone |
1,584,000 |
| Burundi |
1,200,000 |
| Rwanda |
1,151,700 |
| Somalia |
1,100,000 |
| Yemen |
1,097,700 |
| Haiti |
1,070,000 |
| Tajikistan |
701,800 |
| Eritrea |
690,000 |
| Liberia |
500,000 |
| Gambia |
440,000 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
300,000 |
| Comoros |
66,000 |
| Burkina Faso Arable Land - Historical Data |
| Year |
Hectares |
Per Capita |
Percent |
| 2018 |
6,000,000 |
0.30 |
21.93% |
| 2017 |
6,000,000 |
0.31 |
21.93% |
| 2016 |
6,000,000 |
0.32 |
21.93% |
| 2015 |
6,000,000 |
0.33 |
21.93% |
| 2014 |
6,000,000 |
0.34 |
21.93% |
| 2013 |
6,200,000 |
0.36 |
22.66% |
| 2012 |
6,000,000 |
0.36 |
21.93% |
| 2011 |
5,700,000 |
0.35 |
20.83% |
| 2010 |
6,000,000 |
0.38 |
21.93% |
| 2009 |
5,700,000 |
0.38 |
20.83% |
| 2008 |
6,000,000 |
0.41 |
21.93% |
| 2007 |
4,900,000 |
0.34 |
17.91% |
| 2006 |
4,700,000 |
0.34 |
17.18% |
| 2005 |
4,900,000 |
0.37 |
17.91% |
| 2004 |
4,600,000 |
0.35 |
16.81% |
| 2003 |
5,100,000 |
0.40 |
18.64% |
| 2002 |
4,700,000 |
0.38 |
17.18% |
| 2001 |
4,500,000 |
0.38 |
16.45% |
| 2000 |
3,700,000 |
0.32 |
13.52% |
| 1999 |
3,900,000 |
0.35 |
14.25% |
| 1998 |
3,900,000 |
0.36 |
14.25% |
| 1997 |
3,780,000 |
0.35 |
13.82% |
| 1996 |
3,480,000 |
0.34 |
12.72% |
| 1995 |
3,380,000 |
0.34 |
12.35% |
| 1994 |
3,361,000 |
0.34 |
12.28% |
| 1993 |
3,430,000 |
0.36 |
12.54% |
| 1992 |
3,455,000 |
0.37 |
12.63% |
| 1991 |
3,480,000 |
0.38 |
12.72% |
| 1990 |
3,505,000 |
0.40 |
12.81% |
| 1989 |
3,530,000 |
0.41 |
12.90% |
| 1988 |
3,494,000 |
0.42 |
12.77% |
| 1987 |
3,075,000 |
0.38 |
11.24% |
| 1986 |
3,025,000 |
0.38 |
11.06% |
| 1985 |
2,980,000 |
0.39 |
10.89% |
| 1984 |
2,930,000 |
0.39 |
10.71% |
| 1983 |
2,885,000 |
0.39 |
10.54% |
| 1982 |
2,840,000 |
0.40 |
10.38% |
| 1981 |
2,790,000 |
0.40 |
10.20% |
| 1980 |
2,745,000 |
0.40 |
10.03% |
| 1979 |
2,700,000 |
0.40 |
9.87% |
| 1978 |
2,650,000 |
0.41 |
9.69% |
| 1977 |
2,600,000 |
0.41 |
9.50% |
| 1976 |
2,550,000 |
0.41 |
9.32% |
| 1975 |
2,506,000 |
0.41 |
9.16% |
| 1974 |
2,433,000 |
0.40 |
8.89% |
| 1973 |
2,353,000 |
0.40 |
8.60% |
| 1972 |
2,282,000 |
0.39 |
8.34% |
| 1971 |
2,200,000 |
0.38 |
8.04% |
| 1970 |
2,216,000 |
0.39 |
8.10% |
| 1969 |
2,202,000 |
0.40 |
8.05% |
| 1968 |
2,190,000 |
0.40 |
8.00% |
| 1967 |
2,180,000 |
0.41 |
7.97% |
| 1966 |
2,170,000 |
0.41 |
7.93% |
| 1965 |
2,159,000 |
0.42 |
7.89% |
| 1964 |
2,149,000 |
0.42 |
7.85% |
| 1963 |
2,144,000 |
0.43 |
7.84% |
| 1962 |
2,134,000 |
0.43 |
7.80% |
| 1961 |
2,124,000 |
0.43 |
7.76% |
