Burkina Faso vs Nigeria: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield

Burkina Faso
6,702 kg/ha
in 2024
Nigeria
6,458 kg/ha
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
164th
Nigeria rank
165th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 6,702 kg/ha against 6,458 kg/ha in Nigeria, a difference of 244 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 164th and Nigeria ranks 165th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 3,312 kg/ha 8,618 kg/ha 5,306 kg/ha Nigeria
1970s 5,856 kg/ha 9,507 kg/ha 3,651 kg/ha Nigeria
1980s 8,459 kg/ha 8,643 kg/ha 184.34 kg/ha Nigeria
1990s 5,618 kg/ha 10,198 kg/ha 4,580 kg/ha Nigeria
2000s 8,212 kg/ha 9,399 kg/ha 1,187 kg/ha Nigeria
2010s 6,410 kg/ha 7,739 kg/ha 1,329 kg/ha Nigeria
2020s 6,771 kg/ha 6,465 kg/ha 306.36 kg/ha Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — yield, Burkina Faso or Nigeria?
Burkina Faso, at 6,702 kg/ha against 6,458 kg/ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — yield between Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
244 kg/ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Nigeria rank globally for roots and tubers, total — yield?
Burkina Faso ranks 164th and Nigeria ranks 165th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,901 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.