Milk production, per capita in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Milk production, per capita was 0.0185 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk production, per capita in Burkina Faso, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
In 2024, milk production, per capita in Burkina Faso stood at 0.0185 tonnes per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk production, per capita in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.0239 tonnes per person in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0119 tonnes per person, in 1985.
Burkina Faso ranks 126th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Milk production, per capita in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0134 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0135 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0134 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0142 tonnes per person | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0162 tonnes per person | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0162 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0163 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0162 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0164 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0165 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0157 tonnes per person | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0137 tonnes per person | -12.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0126 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0129 tonnes per person | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.013 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.013 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.013 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 0.013 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.013 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0129 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0127 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0126 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0125 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0124 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0119 tonnes per person | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0124 tonnes per person | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0123 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0123 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0125 tonnes per person | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0168 tonnes per person | +34.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0172 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0171 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.017 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.017 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0169 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0193 tonnes per person | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0192 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0191 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.019 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0189 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0188 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0187 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0187 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0186 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0185 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0185 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0239 tonnes per person | +29.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0233 tonnes per person | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0236 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0235 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0213 tonnes per person | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0214 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0196 tonnes per person | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0195 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0193 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0191 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0185 tonnes per person | -3.2% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 0.0185 tonnes per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0185 tonnes per person, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 0.0185 tonnes per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0177 tonnes per person, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +34.0% | 0.0125 tonnes per person | 0.0168 tonnes per person |
| 2014 | +29.2% | 0.0185 tonnes per person | 0.0239 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0151 tonnes per person | 0.0134 tonnes per person | 0.0164 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0136 tonnes per person | 0.0126 tonnes per person | 0.0165 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0125 tonnes per person | 0.0119 tonnes per person | 0.0129 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0171 tonnes per person | 0.0168 tonnes per person | 0.0172 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0184 tonnes per person | 0.0169 tonnes per person | 0.0193 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0211 tonnes per person | 0.0185 tonnes per person | 0.0239 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0192 tonnes per person | 0.0185 tonnes per person | 0.0196 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 123 Cape Verde 0.0199 tonnes per person compare
- 124 Guinea 0.0197 tonnes per person compare
- 125 Gambia 0.0191 tonnes per person compare
- 127 Guinea-Bissau 0.0178 tonnes per person compare
- 128 Sierra Leone 0.0177 tonnes per person compare
- 129 Thailand 0.0177 tonnes per person compare
More reference data data for Burkina Faso
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4137 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 9.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 33.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 45.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.25 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk production, per capita in Burkina Faso?
- Milk production, per capita in Burkina Faso was 0.0185 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest milk production, per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0239 tonnes per person in 2014.
- What is the lowest milk production, per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0119 tonnes per person in 1985.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for milk production, per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 126th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk production, per capita rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Milk production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Milk production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Milk production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.