Burkina Faso Subnational NDVI: Dekadal Vegetation Indices and Anomalies

Offering dekadal (10-day) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) indicators for Burkina Faso, aggregated by sub-national administrative units using NASA MODIS collection 6.1 satellite data. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP), the records include current vegetation measurements, historical averages, and percentage anomalies. The data is updated through March 2026 and utilizes WFP-standardized administrative boundaries.

Use Cases

• Detecting agricultural drought by monitoring the viq (anomaly) column for negative deviations
• Analyzing seasonal vegetation growth cycles by comparing vim against the vim_lta baseline
• Weighting regional environmental health assessments using the n_pixels count to account for unit size

Strengths

• Derived from NASA MODIS collection 6.1 high-quality satellite imagery
• Includes vim_lta for direct comparison against historical baselines
• Provides n_pixels column to verify the statistical representative power of each aggregate

Limitations

• Spatial resolution is restricted to administrative aggregates rather than raw pixel-level data
• Geographic utility is tied to specific WFP administrative boundary definitions

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) via NASA MODIS collection 6.1

Collection Method

Satellite sensor data from Aqua and Terra platforms aggregated to administrative polygons

Freshness

Updated through March 2026.

Geography

Burkina Faso