Maize (corn) — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Maize (corn) — Production was 1.85 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Burkina Faso is 1.85 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.3% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 2.00 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55,348 t, in 1970.
Burkina Faso ranks 50th of 183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 103,146 t | 59,530 t | 137,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,736 t | 55,348 t | 107,713 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 139,338 t | 70,743 t | 256,913 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 325,611 t | 212,493 t | 468,948 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 695,763 t | 423,494 t | 1.01 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 million t | 1.08 million t | 1.71 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.89 million t | 1.81 million t | 2.00 million t | 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 maize (corn) — production in Burkina Faso?
- Maize (corn) — production in Burkina Faso was 1.85 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2.00 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,348 t in 1970.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 50th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — Production. 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.