Yams — Food supply in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Yams — Food supply was 41,014 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — Food supply in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 41,014 million Kcal for yams — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Burkina Faso peaked at 93,328 million Kcal in 2012 and was at its lowest, 23,697 million Kcal, in 2015.
That places Burkina Faso 12th out of 96 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 80,402 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 82,170 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 93,328 million Kcal | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 59,096 million Kcal | -36.7% |
| 2014 | 52,499 million Kcal | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 23,697 million Kcal | -54.9% |
| 2016 | 39,256 million Kcal | +65.7% |
| 2017 | 38,517 million Kcal | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 29,711 million Kcal | -22.9% |
| 2019 | 32,054 million Kcal | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 39,712 million Kcal | +23.9% |
| 2021 | 47,458 million Kcal | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 40,068 million Kcal | -15.6% |
| 2023 | 41,014 million Kcal | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53,073 million Kcal | 23,697 million Kcal | 93,328 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,063 million Kcal | 39,712 million Kcal | 47,458 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 9 Polynesia 2,686 million Kcal compare
- 9 Brazil 112,703 million Kcal compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 105.56 million Kcal compare
- 10 Senegal 100,731 million Kcal compare
- 11 Micronesia 2.27 million Kcal compare
- 11 Rwanda 45,596 million Kcal compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 0.71 million Kcal compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 38,642 million Kcal compare
- 14 Ethiopia 36,928 million Kcal compare
- 15 Dominican Republic 28,262 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 yams — food supply in Burkina Faso?
- Yams — food supply in Burkina Faso was 41,014 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 93,328 million Kcal in 2012.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,697 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for yams — food supply?
- Burkina Faso ranks 12th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.