Sugar cane — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sugar cane — Yield was 101,402 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1974–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Burkina Faso stood at 101,402 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 108,152 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 71,825 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Burkina Faso 8th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 71,825 kg/ha | — |
| 1975 | 80,107 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 84,139 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 96,774 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 82,895 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 90,000 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 87,500 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 81,737 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 87,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 82,500 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 80,000 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 85,000 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 87,500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 85,000 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 85,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 95,000 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 90,476 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 100,000 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 108,152 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 101,042 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 102,128 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 103,118 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 100,772 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 100,818 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 101,674 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 101,825 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 101,893 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 101,717 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 101,608 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 101,454 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 101,429 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 101,402 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 101,402 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 101,402 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 84,290 kg/ha | 71,825 kg/ha | 96,774 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1980s | 85,674 kg/ha | 80,000 kg/ha | 95,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 99,048 kg/ha | 90,476 kg/ha | 100,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 100,000 kg/ha | 100,000 kg/ha | 100,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,142 kg/ha | 100,000 kg/ha | 108,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 101,522 kg/ha | 101,402 kg/ha | 101,717 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 5 Guatemala 104,750 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,316 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 67,750 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zambia 103,680 kg/ha compare
- 7 Peru 101,629 kg/ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 55,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
- 10 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
- 11 Nicaragua 95,372 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 sugar cane — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Sugar cane — yield in Burkina Faso was 101,402 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 108,152 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,825 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 8th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.