Maize and products — Food in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Maize and products — Food was 1,419 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Food in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1,419 1000 t for maize and products — food in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,503 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 882 1000 t, in 2010.
Burkina Faso ranks 21st of 161 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 882 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,031 1000 t | +16.9% |
| 2012 | 1,053 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,145 1000 t | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 1,229 1000 t | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 1,353 1000 t | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 1,353 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,503 1000 t | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 1,401 1000 t | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 1,131 1000 t | -19.3% |
| 2020 | 1,181 1000 t | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 1,458 1000 t | +23.5% |
| 2022 | 1,330 1000 t | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 1,419 1000 t | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,208 1000 t | 882 1000 t | 1,503 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,347 1000 t | 1,181 1000 t | 1,458 1000 t | 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 maize and products — food in Burkina Faso?
- Maize and products — food in Burkina Faso was 1,419 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,503 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 882 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for maize and products — food?
- Burkina Faso ranks 21st out of 161 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. 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 Maize and products — Food. 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.