Sorghum — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sorghum — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Burkina Faso stood at 1,000 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,139 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 452.5 kg/ha, in 1961.
Burkina Faso ranks 78th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 452.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 488.1 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 506.9 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 505.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 513.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 530.5 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 460.4 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1968 | 637.7 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1970 | 540.9 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 462.2 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1972 | 487.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 464.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 531.1 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1975 | 645.9 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1976 | 506.2 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1977 | 596.6 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1978 | 578.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 590.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 571.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 604.9 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 581 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 563.9 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 615.5 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 740.7 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 760.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 720.8 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 778.8 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 727.6 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 582.7 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1991 | 909.2 kg/ha | +56.0% |
| 1992 | 943.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 1,103 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 779.3 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1995 | 875.8 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1996 | 909.5 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 680.4 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1998 | 854.1 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1999 | 885.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 829.5 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 927.8 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2002 | 925.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 960.4 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 973.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1,092 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 1,139 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 937.4 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 985.9 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 920.4 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 1,004 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 895.2 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 1,076 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2013 | 1,041 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 1,103 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 993.6 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 959.4 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 819.3 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2018 | 1,012 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2019 | 990.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1,060 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 899.6 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 1,028 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 987.9 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 510.57 kg/ha | 452.5 kg/ha | 637.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 540.33 kg/ha | 462.2 kg/ha | 645.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 666.49 kg/ha | 563.9 kg/ha | 778.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 852.31 kg/ha | 582.7 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 969.09 kg/ha | 829.5 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 989.22 kg/ha | 819.3 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 995.24 kg/ha | 899.6 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 75 Kazakhstan 1,084 kg/ha compare
- 76 Nigeria 1,066 kg/ha compare
- 77 Malawi 1,053 kg/ha compare
- 78 China, Taiwan Province of 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 Eswatini 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 78 Sierra Leone 1,000 kg/ha 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 — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Sorghum — yield in Burkina Faso was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,139 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 452.5 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sorghum — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 78th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.