Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 377.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Burkina Faso is 377.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 409.8 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 133.4 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Burkina Faso 130th out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 173.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 162.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 142 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1964 | 155 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 162.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 173.8 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 167.1 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 192.3 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1969 | 166.3 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1970 | 147.7 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 150.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 173.9 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 133.4 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1974 | 178.9 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1975 | 206.5 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 185.2 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 142.9 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1978 | 198.6 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1979 | 218 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 205.6 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 236.7 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1982 | 220.8 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 255 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1984 | 293.7 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 310.3 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 322 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 242.6 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1988 | 271.2 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 280.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 309.5 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 271 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 265.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 334.6 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1994 | 302.7 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 285.4 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 357.7 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1997 | 325.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 340.5 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 391.2 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 293 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2001 | 351.6 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 349.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 341.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 303.2 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 351.6 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2006 | 366.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 267.6 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2008 | 409.8 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 2009 | 332.6 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2010 | 357.6 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 326.7 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 343.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 359.3 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 382.4 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 370.4 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 356.6 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 290.6 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2018 | 325.6 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2019 | 353.7 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 375.1 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 332.1 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2022 | 354.7 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 383.7 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 377.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 377.1 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 320.65 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 377.1 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 332.5 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166.07 kg/ha | 142 kg/ha | 192.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 173.58 kg/ha | 133.4 kg/ha | 218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 263.88 kg/ha | 205.6 kg/ha | 322 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 318.36 kg/ha | 265.7 kg/ha | 391.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 336.7 kg/ha | 267.6 kg/ha | 409.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 346.65 kg/ha | 290.6 kg/ha | 382.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 364.54 kg/ha | 332.1 kg/ha | 383.7 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Burkina Faso was 377.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 409.8 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 133.4 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 130th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.