Vegetables Primary — Yield in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 9,073 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 9,073 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Burkina Faso peaked at 9,564 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6,340 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Burkina Faso 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,340 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,359 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 6,377 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 6,399 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,418 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 6,391 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 6,398 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 6,412 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 6,398 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 6,409 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 6,414 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 6,422 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 6,376 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 6,392 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 6,562 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 6,564 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,606 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 6,651 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 6,867 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 6,983 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 6,736 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 6,797 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 7,146 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 7,145 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,265 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 7,268 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,710 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 8,069 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 8,497 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 9,564 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 8,198 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 7,888 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 8,017 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 8,021 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,989 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 8,161 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 7,963 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 8,306 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 8,393 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 8,482 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 8,554 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 8,619 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 8,658 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 8,749 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 8,943 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 8,803 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 8,847 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 8,876 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 8,875 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,888 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 8,976 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 9,071 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 9,094 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 9,359 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 9,319 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 9,312 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 9,250 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 9,202 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 9,052 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 9,044 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9,056 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 9,071 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 9,084 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,073 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 9,073 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,639 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 9,073 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,388 kg/ha | 6,340 kg/ha | 6,418 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,526 kg/ha | 6,376 kg/ha | 6,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,361 kg/ha | 6,736 kg/ha | 8,497 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,250 kg/ha | 7,888 kg/ha | 9,564 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,740 kg/ha | 8,482 kg/ha | 8,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,152 kg/ha | 8,888 kg/ha | 9,359 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,066 kg/ha | 9,044 kg/ha | 9,084 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Burkina Faso?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Burkina Faso was 9,073 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 9,564 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,340 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 140th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.