Cereal yield vs extreme poverty in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cereal yield vs extreme poverty was 1,198 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1,198
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
154th
of 180 countries
All-time high
1,262
in 2020
All-time low
600.2
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty in Burkina Faso, 1990–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1,198 for cereal yield vs extreme poverty in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs extreme poverty in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,262 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 600.2, in 1990.
That places Burkina Faso 154th out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 834.64 | 600.2 | 936.2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,001 | 856.4 | 1,204 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,127 | 995.1 | 1,226 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,196 | 1,096 | 1,262 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More poverty & inequality data for Burkina Faso
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.19 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 18.4 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.555 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 19.88 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.2019 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.2019 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.2282 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.4338 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 42.1% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs extreme poverty in Burkina Faso?
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty in Burkina Faso was 1,198 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs extreme poverty recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,262 in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs extreme poverty recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 600.2 in 1990.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cereal yield vs extreme poverty?
- Burkina Faso ranks 154th out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs extreme poverty rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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