Burkina Faso vs Eastern Africa: Cashew nuts, in shell — Production

Burkina Faso
147,617 t
in 2024
Eastern Africa
686,034 t
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
5th
Eastern Africa rank
8th

Cashew nuts, in shell — Production over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Eastern Africa
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How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 686,034 t against 147,617 t in Burkina Faso, a difference of 538,417 t.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 4.6 times Burkina Faso's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 5th and Eastern Africa ranks 8th of 33 countries.

Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Eastern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0 t 219,822 t 219,822 t Eastern Africa
1970s 30 t 286,458 t 286,428 t Eastern Africa
1980s 924.1 t 93,286 t 92,362 t Eastern Africa
1990s 2,610 t 114,997 t 112,386 t Eastern Africa
2000s 7,446 t 185,470 t 178,024 t Eastern Africa
2010s 104,580 t 306,868 t 202,288 t Eastern Africa
2020s 142,015 t 467,776 t 325,761 t Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cashew nuts, in shell — production, Burkina Faso or Eastern Africa?
Eastern Africa, at 686,034 t against 147,617 t in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
What is the difference in cashew nuts, in shell — production between Burkina Faso and Eastern Africa?
538,417 t, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Eastern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Eastern Africa rank globally for cashew nuts, in shell — production?
Burkina Faso ranks 5th and Eastern Africa ranks 8th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cashew nuts, in shell — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cashew nuts, in shell — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
54 places, 3,138 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.