Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.186 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Burkina Faso, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Burkina Faso is 0.186, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Burkina Faso peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1856, in 2020.
Burkina Faso ranks 139th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8179 | 0.6977 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7011 | 0.5843 | 0.8424 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5076 | 0.4059 | 0.6346 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.441 | 0.3925 | 0.5145 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3476 | 0.2699 | 0.5024 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2328 | 0.1936 | 0.3126 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1933 | 0.1856 | 0.2096 | 4 |
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- Winter temperature anomalies 1.47 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Burkina Faso?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Burkina Faso was 0.186 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1856 in 2020.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Burkina Faso ranks 139th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).