Starchy Roots — Food in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Starchy Roots — Food was 192 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starchy roots — food in Burkina Faso is 192 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Burkina Faso peaked at 273 1000 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 112 1000 t, in 2015.
That places Burkina Faso 106th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 216 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 273 1000 t | +26.4% |
| 2012 | 232 1000 t | -15.0% |
| 2013 | 254 1000 t | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 172 1000 t | -32.3% |
| 2015 | 112 1000 t | -34.9% |
| 2016 | 144 1000 t | +28.6% |
| 2017 | 128 1000 t | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 123 1000 t | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 157 1000 t | +27.6% |
| 2020 | 225 1000 t | +43.3% |
| 2021 | 205 1000 t | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 198 1000 t | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 192 1000 t | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 181.1 1000 t | 112 1000 t | 273 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 205 1000 t | 192 1000 t | 225 1000 t | 4 |
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 19.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food in Burkina Faso?
- Starchy roots — food in Burkina Faso was 192 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 273 1000 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 112 1000 t in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for starchy roots — food?
- Burkina Faso ranks 106th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. 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. 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.