Sweet potatoes — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sweet potatoes — Production was 115,507 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Burkina Faso is 115,507 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 206.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 167,550 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 11,264 t, in 1994.
Burkina Faso ranks 36th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 32,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,000 t | +23.5% |
| 1964 | 35,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 35,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 33,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 25,000 t | -24.2% |
| 1969 | 26,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 34,000 t | +30.8% |
| 1971 | 34,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 32,000 t | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 27,000 t | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 26,680 t | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 30,544 t | +14.5% |
| 1983 | 31,280 t | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 32,815 t | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 20,734 t | -36.8% |
| 1986 | 16,434 t | -20.7% |
| 1987 | 24,831 t | +51.1% |
| 1988 | 39,436 t | +58.8% |
| 1989 | 23,707 t | -39.9% |
| 1990 | 12,100 t | -49.0% |
| 1991 | 16,200 t | +33.9% |
| 1992 | 15,000 t | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 16,156 t | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 11,264 t | -30.3% |
| 1995 | 12,607 t | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 16,885 t | +33.9% |
| 1997 | 16,100 t | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 13,618 t | -15.4% |
| 1999 | 17,294 t | +27.0% |
| 2000 | 27,366 t | +58.2% |
| 2001 | 41,646 t | +52.2% |
| 2002 | 37,000 t | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 28,511 t | -22.9% |
| 2004 | 40,864 t | +43.3% |
| 2005 | 70,815 t | +73.3% |
| 2006 | 81,434 t | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 61,916 t | -24.0% |
| 2008 | 73,221 t | +18.3% |
| 2009 | 81,499 t | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 92,520 t | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 140,061 t | +51.4% |
| 2012 | 92,817 t | -33.7% |
| 2013 | 167,550 t | +80.5% |
| 2014 | 37,738 t | -77.5% |
| 2015 | 47,029 t | +24.6% |
| 2016 | 70,502 t | +49.9% |
| 2017 | 58,749 t | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 64,537 t | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 66,383 t | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 126,559 t | +90.7% |
| 2021 | 114,925 t | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 115,580 t | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 109,103 t | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 115,507 t | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,644 t | 25,000 t | 40,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,900 t | 27,000 t | 34,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,346 t | 16,434 t | 39,436 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,722 t | 11,264 t | 17,294 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,427 t | 27,366 t | 81,499 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,789 t | 37,738 t | 167,550 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 116,335 t | 109,103 t | 126,559 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 33 China, Taiwan Province of 212,360 t compare
- 34 Ethiopia PDR 153,600 t compare
- 35 Ghana 142,676 t compare
- 37 Senegal 114,742 t compare
- 38 Benin 112,413 t compare
- 39 Solomon Islands 109,115 t 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)
- 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 sweet potatoes — production in Burkina Faso?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Burkina Faso was 115,507 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 167,550 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,264 t in 1994.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 36th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 206.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.