Wheat and products — Food supply in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Wheat and products — Food supply was 96.18 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food supply in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 96.18 kcal/cap/d for wheat and products — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Burkina Faso peaked at 101.7 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 60.67 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Burkina Faso ranks 154th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 60.67 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 63.01 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 81.23 kcal/cap/d | +28.9% |
| 2013 | 77.57 kcal/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 76.47 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 77.57 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 97.8 kcal/cap/d | +26.1% |
| 2017 | 101.7 kcal/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 98.35 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 95.07 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 91.19 kcal/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 90.45 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 93.69 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 96.18 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 96.18 kcal/cap/d is below the median for low income countries, which is 101.44 kcal/cap/d, 95% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 96.18 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 190.06 kcal/cap/d, 51% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat and products — Food supply in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +28.9% | 63.01 kcal/cap/d | 81.23 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.94 kcal/cap/d | 60.67 kcal/cap/d | 101.7 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.88 kcal/cap/d | 90.45 kcal/cap/d | 96.18 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 151 Rwanda 121.35 kcal/cap/d compare
- 152 Ghana 109.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 153 Uganda 106.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 155 Bangladesh 92.66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 156 Guinea-Bissau 79.42 kcal/cap/d compare
- 157 Madagascar 74.26 kcal/cap/d 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 wheat and products — food supply in Burkina Faso?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Burkina Faso was 96.18 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 101.7 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.67 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Burkina Faso ranks 154th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. 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 Wheat and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.