Vegetables Primary — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Vegetables Primary — Production was 1.45 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1.45 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 1.45 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 125,788 t, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 65th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125,788 t | — |
| 1962 | 127,878 t | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 129,970 t | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 131,063 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 133,158 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 132,300 t | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 133,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 135,100 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 135,200 t | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 136,200 t | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 136,300 t | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 138,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 137,600 t | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 138,200 t | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 139,300 t | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 141,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 142,500 t | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 145,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 147,500 t | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 153,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 163,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 169,250 t | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 181,500 t | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 187,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 194,328 t | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 192,227 t | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 204,305 t | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 213,993 t | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 221,170 t | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 229,116 t | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 236,400 t | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 241,741 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 245,936 t | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 278,609 t | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 295,112 t | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 319,171 t | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 325,571 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 369,410 t | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 398,095 t | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 426,749 t | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 456,220 t | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 487,024 t | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 529,301 t | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 538,091 t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 591,382 t | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 603,003 t | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 640,785 t | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 682,383 t | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 725,037 t | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 771,296 t | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 834,181 t | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 902,166 t | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 895,342 t | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.11 million t | +23.7% |
| 2015 | 1.18 million t | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million t | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 1.02 million t | -19.4% |
| 2018 | 1.17 million t | +15.0% |
| 2019 | 1.32 million t | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 1.32 million t | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.36 million t | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1.43 million t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 1.41 million t | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.45 million t | +2.9% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 1.45 million t is above the median for low income countries, which is 527,338 t, 2.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 1.45 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 479,512 t, 3.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131,562 t | 125,788 t | 135,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 140,160 t | 136,200 t | 147,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 187,977 t | 153,000 t | 221,170 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 293,916 t | 229,116 t | 398,095 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 567,998 t | 426,749 t | 725,037 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 million t | 771,296 t | 1.32 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.39 million t | 1.32 million t | 1.45 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3731 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.946 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.6223 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Burkina Faso?
- Vegetables primary — production in Burkina Faso was 1.45 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1.45 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 125,788 t in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 65th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. 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 Vegetables 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.