Yams — Production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Yams — Production was 64,047 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 64,047 t for yams — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 45.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Burkina Faso peaked at 113,345 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 12,900 t, in 1992.
That places Burkina Faso 21st out of 61 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,581 t | 20,000 t | 35,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,611 t | 35,000 t | 65,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,054 t | 51,446 t | 112,065 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,298 t | 12,900 t | 64,042 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,033 t | 18,322 t | 89,695 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,546 t | 28,762 t | 113,345 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,365 t | 62,186 t | 74,284 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 18 Senegal 146,536 t compare
- 19 Sudan (former) 141,153 t compare
- 20 Mali 116,158 t compare
- 22 Rwanda 57,419 t compare
- 23 Dominican Republic 54,514 t compare
- 24 South Sudan 54,216 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 yams — production in Burkina Faso?
- Yams — production in Burkina Faso was 64,047 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 113,345 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,900 t in 1992.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for yams — production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 21st out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.7%. 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 Yams — 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.