Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 1,188 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1978–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Burkina Faso is 1,188 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,188 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 160 kg/ha, in 1982.
Burkina Faso ranks 11th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1980s | 239.57 kg/ha | 160 kg/ha | 390.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 377.38 kg/ha | 214.8 kg/ha | 488.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 633.75 kg/ha | 515.5 kg/ha | 736.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 948.54 kg/ha | 693.3 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,144 kg/ha | 1,102 kg/ha | 1,188 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture share gdp 19.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 71.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 17.11 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 46,922 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Burkina Faso was 1,188 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,188 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 160 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 11th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.