Starchy Roots — Food supply in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 175,855 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starchy roots — food supply in Burkina Faso is 175,855 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Burkina Faso peaked at 245,032 million Kcal in 2011 and was at its lowest, 98,820 million Kcal, in 2015.
Burkina Faso ranks 100th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 193,408 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 245,032 million Kcal | +26.7% |
| 2012 | 208,892 million Kcal | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 225,209 million Kcal | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 154,308 million Kcal | -31.5% |
| 2015 | 98,820 million Kcal | -36.0% |
| 2016 | 128,296 million Kcal | +29.8% |
| 2017 | 117,711 million Kcal | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 111,794 million Kcal | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 143,332 million Kcal | +28.2% |
| 2020 | 216,252 million Kcal | +50.9% |
| 2021 | 204,031 million Kcal | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 182,148 million Kcal | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 175,855 million Kcal | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 162,680 million Kcal | 98,820 million Kcal | 245,032 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 194,572 million Kcal | 175,855 million Kcal | 216,252 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 97 Solomon Islands 189,337 million Kcal compare
- 98 New Zealand 181,197 million Kcal compare
- 99 Yemen 180,455 million Kcal compare
- 101 Fiji 149,969 million Kcal compare
- 102 El Salvador 145,721 million Kcal compare
- 103 Uruguay 135,103 million Kcal 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 starchy roots — food supply in Burkina Faso?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Burkina Faso was 175,855 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 245,032 million Kcal in 2011.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 98,820 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Burkina Faso ranks 100th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. 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 Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.