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Agricultural growth	129		[26th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area	39.84 % of land area		[100th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km	109,000 sq. km		[64th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors	2,000		[121st of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland	3,850 thousand hectares		[56th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area	17.69 % of land area		[64th of 199]
Arable land > hectares	4,840,000 hectares		[42nd of 199]
Cereal production	129 thousand metric tons		[26th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare	940.7 kg/ha		[151st of 171]
Crop production index	130 %		[11th of 182]
Fertilizer use	8.8 kg		[113rd of 138]
Food production index	115.2 %		[36th of 182]
Labor share	92.2%		[3rd of 149]
Livestock production index	110.3 %		[53rd of 181]
Meat production	122 thousand metric tons		[95th of 149]
Products cotton, peanuts, shea nuts, sesame, sorghum, millet, corn, rice; livestock
Tractor concentration	0.5		[129th of 147]
Tractors	1,995		[114th of 147]
value added > annual % growth	3.61 %		[54th of 164]
Workers per hectare	1.3		[37th of 148]

Interesting facts on Burkinabe Agriculture

• What is in a name? More than 90% of people in Bhutan, Burundi and Burkina Faso are involved in agriculture.

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