Statizoid

Burkina Faso vs Mali: Arable land

Burkina Faso
7.91 million hectares
in 2023
Mali
8.34 million hectares
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
31st
Mali rank
30th

Arable land over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Mali
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Mali currently reports 8.34 million hectares against 7.91 million hectares in Burkina Faso, a difference of 433,610 hectares.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 31st and Mali ranks 30th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares)
Unit
hectares
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.