Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 97,719 million Kcal in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Burkina Faso stood at 97,719 million Kcal.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Burkina Faso peaked at 126,853 million Kcal in 2011 and was at its lowest, 42,594 million Kcal, in 2015.
That places Burkina Faso 31st out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 83,795 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 126,853 million Kcal | +51.4% |
| 2012 | 84,064 million Kcal | -33.7% |
| 2013 | 118,930 million Kcal | +41.5% |
| 2014 | 66,999 million Kcal | -43.7% |
| 2015 | 42,594 million Kcal | -36.4% |
| 2016 | 63,854 million Kcal | +49.9% |
| 2017 | 53,209 million Kcal | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 58,422 million Kcal | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 59,109 million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 112,156 million Kcal | +89.7% |
| 2021 | 102,335 million Kcal | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 102,781 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 97,719 million Kcal | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 75,783 million Kcal | 42,594 million Kcal | 126,853 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,748 million Kcal | 97,719 million Kcal | 112,156 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 28 Cabo Verde 2,179 million Kcal compare
- 28 Ghana 112,956 million Kcal compare
- 29 Solomon Islands 107,935 million Kcal compare
- 30 Argentina 107,663 million Kcal compare
- 32 Australia and New Zealand 85,689 million Kcal compare
- 33 China, Taiwan Province of 81,206 million Kcal compare
- 34 Australia 75,319 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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Burkina Faso?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Burkina Faso was 97,719 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 126,853 million Kcal in 2011.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,594 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Burkina Faso ranks 31st out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.