Wood charcoal production rose 2.49% to 724,474 kt in Burkina Faso in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood charcoal production in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 724,474 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 110,000 kt in 1999. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, wood charcoal production in Ghana amounted to 2,057,674 kt, 537,927 kt in Ivory Coast, 334,000 kt in Mali and 749,991 kt in Niger in 2018.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 19th within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of wood charcoal production, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Wood Charcoal Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | kt | 720,247 | 730,029 | 737,530 | 745,109 | 752,766 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | kt | 56,000 | 49,050 | 49,050 | 49,050 | 49,050 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | kt | 654,594 | 672,887 | 689,661 | 706,853 | 724,474 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | kt | 445,502 | 456,942 | 468,053 | 479,434 | 491,092 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | kt | 1,829,309 | 1,887,538 | 1,944,250 | 2,000,962 | 2,057,674 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | kt | 379,978 | 388,320 | 395,907 | 403,642 | 411,528 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | kt | 507,451 | 517,398 | 524,153 | 530,995 | 537,927 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | kt | 271,529 | 281,654 | 291,350 | 301,379 | 311,753 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | kt | 109,492 | 110,891 | 112,008 | 113,136 | 114,275 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | kt | 171,000 | 275,000 | 283,000 | 334,000 | 334,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | kt | 206,306 | 211,737 | 216,620 | 221,511 | 226,513 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | kt | 666,676 | 688,078 | 708,126 | 728,758 | 749,991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | kt | 251,687 | 258,124 | 263,880 | 269,764 | 275,779 |
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