Cassava, fresh — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 15,768 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Burkina Faso stood at 15,768 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 15,768 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,835 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Burkina Faso 28th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,578 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,601 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,116 kg/ha | 1,835 kg/ha | 9,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,962 kg/ha | 2,960 kg/ha | 12,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,009 kg/ha | 12,631 kg/ha | 14,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,273 kg/ha | 15,038 kg/ha | 15,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,643 kg/ha | 15,458 kg/ha | 15,768 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Burkina Faso was 15,768 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 15,768 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,835 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 28th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.