Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value was 77 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 77 mg/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in 2023.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Burkina Faso peaked at 150 mg/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 49 mg/cap/d, in 2015.
Burkina Faso ranks 158th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 122 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 150 mg/cap/d | +23.0% |
| 2012 | 125 mg/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 126 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 76 mg/cap/d | -39.7% |
| 2015 | 49 mg/cap/d | -35.5% |
| 2016 | 68 mg/cap/d | +38.8% |
| 2017 | 61 mg/cap/d | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 56 mg/cap/d | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 70 mg/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 94 mg/cap/d | +34.3% |
| 2021 | 86 mg/cap/d | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 81 mg/cap/d | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 77 mg/cap/d | -4.9% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 77 mg/cap/d is below the median for low income countries, which is 696 mg/cap/d, 11% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 77 mg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 792 mg/cap/d, 10% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 90.3 mg/cap/d | 49 mg/cap/d | 150 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.5 mg/cap/d | 77 mg/cap/d | 94 mg/cap/d | 4 |
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, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Burkina Faso?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Burkina Faso was 77 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 150 mg/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 49 mg/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value?
- Burkina Faso ranks 158th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.