Burkina Faso Beef

Burkina Faso Beef

Facts about beef in Burkina Faso

  • The average quantity of meat consumed per capita per year was 9.98kg.
  • The quantities of meats vary per households from 12.87kg in urban households-10.75 kg in peri-urban households and 6.63 in rural households.
  • The last two decades have led the country to a significant increase in both meat and milk supply and consumption both in aggregate and in per capita terms.
  • Burkina Faso is a rural-based low income economy with a meat consumption of 11.2kg/person/year as of year 2002.
  • The United Nations (FAO) provides data for Burkina Faso meat production in Million USD from 1961 to 2012. The average value for Burkina Faso during that period was 165.75 million international USD with a minimum of 49.1 million international USD in 1974 and a maximum of 359.16 million international USD in 2012.