Sorghum — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sorghum — Production was 1.90 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1.90 million t for sorghum — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.2% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 2.01 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 410,725 t, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Production in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 410,725 t | — |
| 1962 | 508,343 t | +23.8% |
| 1963 | 460,000 t | -9.5% |
| 1964 | 460,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 495,000 t | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 540,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 604,000 t | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 529,674 t | -12.3% |
| 1969 | 546,879 t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 563,183 t | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 474,445 t | -15.8% |
| 1972 | 512,358 t | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 481,410 t | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 637,328 t | +32.4% |
| 1975 | 735,233 t | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 534,021 t | -27.4% |
| 1977 | 634,812 t | +18.9% |
| 1978 | 634,959 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 653,199 t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 546,881 t | -16.3% |
| 1981 | 658,786 t | +20.5% |
| 1982 | 608,723 t | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 610,972 t | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 594,160 t | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 797,523 t | +34.2% |
| 1986 | 1.01 million t | +26.8% |
| 1987 | 847,740 t | -16.1% |
| 1988 | 1.01 million t | +19.0% |
| 1989 | 991,169 t | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 750,500 t | -24.3% |
| 1991 | 1.24 million t | +65.0% |
| 1992 | 1.29 million t | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 1.28 million t | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 972,911 t | -24.1% |
| 1995 | 1.27 million t | +30.1% |
| 1996 | 1.25 million t | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 942,885 t | -24.8% |
| 1998 | 1.20 million t | +27.6% |
| 1999 | 1.18 million t | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 1.02 million t | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 1.37 million t | +35.0% |
| 2002 | 1.37 million t | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.61 million t | +17.3% |
| 2004 | 1.40 million t | -13.1% |
| 2005 | 1.55 million t | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 1.52 million t | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.51 million t | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.88 million t | +24.4% |
| 2009 | 1.52 million t | -18.9% |
| 2010 | 1.99 million t | +30.8% |
| 2011 | 1.51 million t | -24.4% |
| 2012 | 1.92 million t | +27.8% |
| 2013 | 1.88 million t | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.71 million t | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 1.44 million t | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 1.66 million t | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 1.37 million t | -17.9% |
| 2018 | 1.93 million t | +41.3% |
| 2019 | 1.87 million t | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 1.84 million t | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.64 million t | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 2.01 million t | +22.5% |
| 2023 | 1.77 million t | -12.0% |
| 2024 | 1.90 million t | +7.2% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 1.90 million t is above the median for low income countries, which is 166,479 t, 11.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 1.90 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127,000 t, 15.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 506,069 t | 410,725 t | 604,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 586,095 t | 474,445 t | 735,233 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 767,573 t | 546,881 t | 1.01 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.14 million t | 750,500 t | 1.29 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 million t | 1.02 million t | 1.88 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.73 million t | 1.37 million t | 1.99 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 million t | 1.64 million t | 2.01 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 11 Australia 2.44 million t compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 7,209 t compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2.44 million t compare
- 12 Melanesia 5,023 t compare
- 13 Niger 1.91 million t compare
- 13 Türkiye 96 t compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 17.41 t compare
- 14 Micronesia 17.41 t compare
- 15 Mali 1.64 million t compare
- 16 Cameroon 1.20 million t compare
- 17 South Sudan 960,000 t compare
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 sorghum — production in Burkina Faso?
- Sorghum — production in Burkina Faso was 1.90 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 410,725 t in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sorghum — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. 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 Sorghum — 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.