Agriculture & Rural in Burkina Faso

31 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Burkina Faso.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% 2024 down 66.2% 24th
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% 2024 down 13.2% 172nd
Rural population 71.1% 2025 down 4.4% 20th
Rural population growth 1.4% 2025 down 47.5% 40th
Rural population 17.11 million 2025 up 22.5% 33rd
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.9% 2025 down 11.9% 40th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.51 billion current US$ 2025 up 105.6% 85th
Land under cereal production 4.35 million hectares 2024 up 19.3% 33rd
Cereal yield 1,198 kg per hectare 2024 down 2.3% 154th
Cereal production 5.21 million metric tons 2024 up 16.6% 55th
Fertilizer consumption 17.77 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 25.6% 151st
Land area 273,600 sq. km 2023 unchanged 74th
Agricultural land 146,108 sq. km 2023 up 11.0% 57th
Agricultural land 53.4% 2023 up 11.0% 55th
Arable land 7.91 million hectares 2023 up 16.7% 31st
Permanent cropland 2.6% 2023 up 80.4% 73rd
Arable land 28.9% 2023 up 16.7% 32nd
Arable land 0.3434 hectares per person 2023 down 10.3% 27th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 53.8% 2025 down 8.4% 26th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 50.0% 2025 down 11.6% 21st
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 51.8% 2025 down 10.1% 22nd
Average precipitation in depth 748 mm per year 2022 unchanged 111th
Crop production index 122.69 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 61.1% 41st
Food production index 118.84 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 39.2% 49th
Livestock production index 96.49 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 4.5% 154th
Forest area 22.2% 2023 down 7.6% 129th
Forest area 60,664 sq. km 2023 down 7.6% 69th
Fertilizer consumption 8,857.2% 2000 down 51.5% 5th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 51.4% 2022 unchanged 102nd
Surface area 274,200 sq. km 2023 down 0.0% 74th
Access to electricity, rural 12.7% 2024 up 170.2% 202nd