Meat, Total — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Meat, Total — Production was 552,048 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, total — production in Burkina Faso stood at 552,048 t.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 715,865 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 38,049 t, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 70th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,049 t | — |
| 1962 | 38,667 t | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 41,077 t | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 43,335 t | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 45,647 t | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 48,676 t | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 49,699 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 48,089 t | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 54,798 t | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 57,902 t | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 59,374 t | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 54,074 t | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 41,125 t | -23.9% |
| 1974 | 40,079 t | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 44,264 t | +10.4% |
| 1976 | 46,787 t | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 47,621 t | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 49,220 t | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 52,515 t | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 52,517 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 54,459 t | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 62,323 t | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 69,553 t | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 69,143 t | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 77,993 t | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 82,773 t | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 87,540 t | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 91,151 t | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 94,610 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 120,549 t | +27.4% |
| 1991 | 261,832 t | +117.2% |
| 1992 | 272,108 t | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 279,288 t | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 292,636 t | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 307,967 t | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 317,625 t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 339,499 t | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 356,360 t | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 377,428 t | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 401,436 t | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 435,355 t | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 450,308 t | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 509,762 t | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 519,545 t | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 549,958 t | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 564,460 t | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 583,198 t | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 609,631 t | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 627,585 t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 648,264 t | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 664,235 t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 632,397 t | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 656,721 t | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 637,289 t | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 644,902 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 629,732 t | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 643,055 t | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 656,933 t | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 715,865 t | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 540,365 t | -24.5% |
| 2021 | 511,077 t | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 520,656 t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 530,544 t | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 552,048 t | +4.1% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 552,048 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 192,514 t, 2.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 552,048 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 147,863 t, 3.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Total — Production in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +117.2% | 120,549 t | 261,832 t |
| 1990 | +27.4% | 94,610 t | 120,549 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,337 t | 38,049 t | 54,798 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,296 t | 40,079 t | 59,374 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 74,206 t | 52,517 t | 94,610 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 292,529 t | 120,549 t | 377,428 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 525,124 t | 401,436 t | 627,585 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 652,939 t | 629,732 t | 715,865 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 530,938 t | 511,077 t | 552,048 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 67 Sweden 570,910 t compare
- 68 Ethiopia PDR 559,202 t compare
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- 72 Papua New Guinea 531,162 t compare
- 73 Switzerland 480,607 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3731 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.946 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.6223 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Burkina Faso?
- Meat, total — production in Burkina Faso was 552,048 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 715,865 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,049 t in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for meat, total — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 70th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. 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 Meat, Total — 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.