Cereal yield in Burkina Faso

Cereal farms in Burkina Faso harvested 1,198 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burkina Faso, 2024 1,198 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −1.9% 2023: 1,221 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Burkina Faso (2024).
Position in 2024 149th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Burkina Faso over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period Burkina FasoWorld
2024 1,198 kg per hectare –
2023 1,221 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 1,204 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 1,096 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 1,262 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 1,156 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 1,152 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 1,009 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 1,137 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 1,169 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 1,226 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 1,157 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 1,203 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 995 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 1,063 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 1,002 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 1,040 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 936 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 1,204 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 1,127 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 941 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 996 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 943 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 968 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 856 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.9% from 1,221 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,226 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −2.3%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Burkina Faso has the 149th highest value.

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Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Burkina Faso
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)