Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 6,702 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 6,702 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 11,582 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2,078 kg/ha, in 1962.
Burkina Faso ranks 164th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,928 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,078 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1963 | 3,385 kg/ha | +62.9% |
| 1964 | 3,213 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 3,240 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 3,440 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 3,444 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 3,945 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1969 | 4,136 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 4,500 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 4,522 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 4,857 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 4,842 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 5,532 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 5,765 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 6,273 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 6,606 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 7,387 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 8,276 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1980 | 8,964 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 9,541 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 9,532 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 9,412 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 9,777 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 8,477 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1986 | 7,882 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 7,327 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 7,286 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 6,387 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 6,055 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 5,339 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 2,236 kg/ha | -58.1% |
| 1993 | 5,439 kg/ha | +143.3% |
| 1994 | 5,069 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 5,895 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 6,962 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1997 | 6,163 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 6,349 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 6,670 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 8,485 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2001 | 7,076 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2002 | 6,866 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 11,582 kg/ha | +68.7% |
| 2004 | 7,190 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 2005 | 7,577 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 9,866 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2007 | 7,178 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 7,564 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 8,739 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2010 | 6,504 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2011 | 8,981 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 2012 | 7,262 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 8,026 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 5,521 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2015 | 5,027 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 6,760 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 2017 | 5,423 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2018 | 5,510 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 5,084 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 6,254 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2021 | 6,972 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 7,058 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 6,871 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 6,702 kg/ha | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,312 kg/ha | 2,078 kg/ha | 4,136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,856 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 8,276 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,459 kg/ha | 6,387 kg/ha | 9,777 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,618 kg/ha | 2,236 kg/ha | 6,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,212 kg/ha | 6,866 kg/ha | 11,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,410 kg/ha | 5,027 kg/ha | 8,981 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,771 kg/ha | 6,254 kg/ha | 7,058 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Burkina Faso was 6,702 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 11,582 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,078 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.