Commodity Origins

What does Burkina Faso produce and export?

Burkina Faso ranks in the top ten producers of 2 commodities: pepper (#4, 8.3% of world output in 2024), cashews (#8, 3.5% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of cashews (#8, 4.4% of world export value in 2024), cotton (#8, 2% of world export value in 2024).

Where burkina faso is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of burkina faso production in 2024. Darkest: Burkina Faso 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: 100% (1)Central African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Burkina Faso produce?

Commodities where Burkina Faso is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Pepper Softs48.3%77,932 t2024FAOSTAT
Cashews Fruit & vegetables83.5%147,617 t2024FAOSTAT

What does Burkina Faso export?

Top 2 Burkina Faso commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 2 Burkina Faso commodity exports in 2024: Cotton 2%, Cashews 4.4%; rest of world 94%.CottonCotton: 2%, $351.9 million2%CashewsCashews: 4.4%, $152.4 million4.4%Rest of worldRest of world: 94%, $094%
Burkina Faso's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Burkina Faso's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Burkina Faso dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 2 Burkina Faso commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Cotton$351.9 million2%
2Cashews$152.4 million4.4%
Rest of world$094%

Burkina Faso's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Burkina Faso's own $9 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Gold alone is 92% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Burkina Faso compares with other countries.

Burkina Faso's tracked export mix by commodityGold: 92.1%; Cotton: 3.9%; Cashews: 1.7%; Sesame seed: 1.6%; Mangoes: 0.6%; Other tracked commodities: 0.0%.Gold: 92.1%Gold92.1%Cotton: 3.9%Cotton3.9%Cashews: 1.7%Cashews1.7%Sesame seed: 1.6%Sesame seed1.6%Mangoes: 0.6%MangoesOther tracked commodities: 0.0%
Commodities where Burkina Faso is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Cashews84.4%$152.4 million2024
Cotton82%$351.9 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Burkina Faso commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Burkina Faso is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Burkina Faso in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Burkina Faso, computed from the same data as this page.

What Burkina Faso uses

Burkina Faso had about 23 million people and a food supply of 2,791 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Burkina Faso, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Corn2.0 million tonnes0.2%62 (#19 of 140)100%0.4%
Sorghum1.8 million tonnes3.7%51 (#1 of 71)100%<0.1%
Rice1.5 million tonnes0.2%54 (#43 of 141)29%71%
Peanuts603 thousand tonnes1.2%11 (#4 of 142)101%<0.1%
Milk588 thousand tonnes0.1%21 (#120 of 142)75%25%
Tomatoes372 thousand tonnes0.2%14 (#91 of 142)82%18%
Wheat336 thousand tonnes<0.1%13 (#131 of 143)<0.1%102%
Pork185 thousand tonnes0.2%8.0 (#67 of 141)100%<0.1%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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