Grand Total — Food supply in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,791 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, grand total — food supply in Burkina Faso stood at 2,791 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Burkina Faso peaked at 2,791 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,573 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Burkina Faso 115th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,595 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,573 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 2,633 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 2,652 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,639 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2,645 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,636 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,610 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,649 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,628 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,684 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 2,664 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,759 kcal/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 2,791 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 2,791 kcal/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,404 kcal/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 2,791 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,558 kcal/cap/d, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,626 kcal/cap/d | 2,573 kcal/cap/d | 2,652 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,724 kcal/cap/d | 2,664 kcal/cap/d | 2,791 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Burkina Faso?
- Grand total — food supply in Burkina Faso was 2,791 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2,791 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,573 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for grand total — food supply?
- Burkina Faso ranks 115th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.