Maize (corn) — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,682 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Burkina Faso is 1,682 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,944 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 486.6 kg/ha, in 1962.
Burkina Faso ranks 126th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 501.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 486.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 688.5 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1964 | 761.4 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 724.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 733.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 550 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1968 | 600 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 644.7 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 739.4 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1972 | 724.9 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 657.8 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1974 | 562.6 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1975 | 587.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 845.6 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 1977 | 819.4 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 931.3 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 906.7 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 902.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 829.7 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 823.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 564.7 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1984 | 640.8 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 991 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 1986 | 938.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 740.8 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1988 | 819.4 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1989 | 1,162 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 1990 | 1,461 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1991 | 1,687 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 1,524 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 1,372 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 1,604 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1995 | 1,144 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1996 | 1,552 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1997 | 1,518 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 1,392 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 1,624 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 1,754 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 1,812 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,738 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 1,528 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 1,267 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2005 | 1,806 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 2006 | 1,944 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 1,174 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2008 | 1,666 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2009 | 1,529 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 1,434 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 1,536 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 1,839 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 1,735 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 1,911 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 1,792 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 1,758 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,603 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 1,668 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 1,686 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,762 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 1,521 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 1,660 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 1,637 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 1,682 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 1,682 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 1,682 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 627.37 kg/ha | 486.6 kg/ha | 761.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 741.97 kg/ha | 562.6 kg/ha | 931.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 841.39 kg/ha | 564.7 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,488 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 1,687 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,622 kg/ha | 1,174 kg/ha | 1,944 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,696 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 1,911 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,652 kg/ha | 1,521 kg/ha | 1,762 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 (corn) — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Burkina Faso was 1,682 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,944 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 486.6 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 126th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. 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 (corn) — 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.