Pulses, Total — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Pulses, Total — Yield was 510.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 510.7 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 567.2 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 433.4 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Burkina Faso 167th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 449.29 kg/ha | 445.1 kg/ha | 461.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 449.49 kg/ha | 441.8 kg/ha | 459 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 445.03 kg/ha | 433.4 kg/ha | 453.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 498.45 kg/ha | 451.6 kg/ha | 567.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 510.22 kg/ha | 499.7 kg/ha | 543.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 512.23 kg/ha | 504.3 kg/ha | 532.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 512.2 kg/ha | 505.7 kg/ha | 518.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 164 Zambia 516.4 kg/ha compare
- 165 Martinique 514.2 kg/ha compare
- 166 Mozambique 513.7 kg/ha compare
- 168 Democratic Republic of the Congo 504 kg/ha compare
- 169 Niger 497.8 kg/ha compare
- 170 Panama 458.6 kg/ha compare
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 pulses, total — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Pulses, total — yield in Burkina Faso was 510.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 567.2 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 433.4 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 167th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.