Cereal yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cereal yield was 1,198 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1,198 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,262 kg per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 408.5 kg per hectare, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 154th out of 181 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereal yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 408.5 kg per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 477.9 kg per hectare | +17.0% |
| 1963 | 473.1 kg per hectare | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 522.5 kg per hectare | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 485.7 kg per hectare | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 495.4 kg per hectare | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 452.3 kg per hectare | -8.7% |
| 1968 | 625.8 kg per hectare | +38.4% |
| 1969 | 484.5 kg per hectare | -22.6% |
| 1970 | 516.6 kg per hectare | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 444.5 kg per hectare | -14.0% |
| 1972 | 461.2 kg per hectare | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 436.6 kg per hectare | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 488.2 kg per hectare | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 558.1 kg per hectare | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 499.4 kg per hectare | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 528.8 kg per hectare | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 576.4 kg per hectare | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 580.1 kg per hectare | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 569.8 kg per hectare | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 576.6 kg per hectare | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 568.3 kg per hectare | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 514.9 kg per hectare | -9.4% |
| 1984 | 589.9 kg per hectare | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 708.8 kg per hectare | +20.2% |
| 1986 | 699.5 kg per hectare | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 641.7 kg per hectare | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 726.9 kg per hectare | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 672.9 kg per hectare | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 600.2 kg per hectare | -10.8% |
| 1991 | 876.6 kg per hectare | +46.1% |
| 1992 | 871.5 kg per hectare | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 936.2 kg per hectare | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 787.9 kg per hectare | -15.8% |
| 1995 | 851.1 kg per hectare | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 916.5 kg per hectare | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 704.5 kg per hectare | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 889 kg per hectare | +26.2% |
| 1999 | 912.9 kg per hectare | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 856.4 kg per hectare | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 967.8 kg per hectare | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 942.7 kg per hectare | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 996.3 kg per hectare | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 940.7 kg per hectare | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 1,127 kg per hectare | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 1,204 kg per hectare | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 936.1 kg per hectare | -22.2% |
| 2008 | 1,040 kg per hectare | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 1,002 kg per hectare | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 1,063 kg per hectare | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 995.1 kg per hectare | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 1,203 kg per hectare | +20.9% |
| 2013 | 1,156 kg per hectare | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 1,226 kg per hectare | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 1,169 kg per hectare | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 1,137 kg per hectare | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,009 kg per hectare | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 1,152 kg per hectare | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 1,156 kg per hectare | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,262 kg per hectare | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 1,096 kg per hectare | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 1,204 kg per hectare | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 1,221 kg per hectare | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 1,198 kg per hectare | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 491.74 kg per hectare | 408.5 kg per hectare | 625.8 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 508.99 kg per hectare | 436.6 kg per hectare | 580.1 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 626.93 kg per hectare | 514.9 kg per hectare | 726.9 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 834.64 kg per hectare | 600.2 kg per hectare | 936.2 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,001 kg per hectare | 856.4 kg per hectare | 1,204 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,127 kg per hectare | 995.1 kg per hectare | 1,226 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,196 kg per hectare | 1,096 kg per hectare | 1,262 kg per hectare | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Burkina Faso?
- Cereal yield in Burkina Faso was 1,198 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,262 kg per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 408.5 kg per hectare in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cereal yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 154th out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.