Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index was 117.32 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Burkina Faso, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
In 2025, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Burkina Faso stood at 117.32.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Burkina Faso peaked at 125.15 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 48.22, in 1993.
That places Burkina Faso 52nd out of 82 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 57.35 | — |
| 1992 | 59.16 | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 48.22 | -18.5% |
| 1994 | 64.45 | +33.7% |
| 1995 | 64.45 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 90.34 | +40.2% |
| 1997 | 77 | -14.8% |
| 1998 | 87.84 | +14.1% |
| 1999 | 77 | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 68.4 | -11.2% |
| 2001 | 93.45 | +36.6% |
| 2002 | 94.19 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 85 | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 89.25 | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 91.92 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 94.68 | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 81.65 | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 85.94 | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 85.57 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 85.67 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 86.15 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 86.92 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 96.03 | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 98.39 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 99.56 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 102.05 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 104.35 | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 106.39 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 108.09 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 103.89 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 100.67 | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 125.15 | +24.3% |
| 2023 | 101.64 | -18.8% |
| 2024 | 120.08 | +18.1% |
| 2025 | 117.32 | -2.3% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 117.32 is below the median for low income countries, which is 118.31, 99% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 117.32 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 114.52, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +40.2% | 64.45 | 90.34 |
| 2001 | +36.6% | 68.4 | 93.45 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69.53 | 48.22 | 90.34 | 9 |
| 2000s | 87 | 68.4 | 94.68 | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.36 | 85.67 | 108.09 | 10 |
| 2020s | 111.46 | 100.67 | 125.15 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More economy & growth data for Burkina Faso
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.54 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.98 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 57.04 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2.42 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -202.22 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -284.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0087 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -8.59 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 9.55 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price index in Burkina Faso?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price index in Burkina Faso was 117.32 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 125.15 in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.22 in 1993.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sweet potatoes — producer price index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 52nd out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.