Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 516,138 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — production in Burkina Faso is 516,138 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 516,138 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 91st out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 67,300 t | — |
| 1975 | 178,639 t | +165.4% |
| 1976 | 211,441 t | +18.4% |
| 1977 | 300,000 t | +41.9% |
| 1978 | 315,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 360,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 350,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 320,000 t | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 350,000 t | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 330,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 320,000 t | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 340,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 350,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 340,000 t | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 340,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 380,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 380,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 400,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 420,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 450,000 t | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 450,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 450,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 450,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 450,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 455,000 t | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 455,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 455,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 510,000 t | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 497,500 t | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 485,000 t | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 480,000 t | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 478,078 t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 481,989 t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 488,142 t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 494,502 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 498,869 t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 501,987 t | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 505,251 t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 510,967 t | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 511,397 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 513,768 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 516,138 t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 143,238 t | 0 t | 360,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 342,000 t | 320,000 t | 380,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 398,000 t | 380,000 t | 400,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 443,500 t | 400,000 t | 455,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 491,607 t | 478,078 t | 510,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 511,504 t | 505,251 t | 516,138 t | 5 |
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- 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 sugar crops primary — production in Burkina Faso?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Burkina Faso was 516,138 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 516,138 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 91st out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Crops Primary — 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.