Nutritional impact: Burkina Faso - Maize - 2020


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Burkina Faso Male, 31-50 years, Burkina Faso
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 1,144,815,891,014 kcal 1,385,851 7.0 1,019,331 57.6
Carbohydrate 209,609,557 kg 1,623,947 8.2 1,194,457 67.5
Protein 30,178,528 kg 2,587,979 13.1 1,789,630 101.2
Fat 13,449,127 kg 531,740 2.7 391,907 22.2
Fibre, total dietary 31,818,665 kg 2,766,968 14.0 2,023,641 114.4
Calcium, Ca 62,325 kg 205,918 1.0 213,443 12.1
Iron, Fe 10,169 kg 3,018,591 15.3 3,095,541 175.0
Zinc, Zn 5,084 kg 1,507,361 7.6 1,058,506 59.8
Folate, total 85.3 kg 886,006 4.5 730,198 41.3
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Burkina Faso 19,751,657
Total population - Burkina Faso;
Male, 31-50 years
1,768,930

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Maize: production - Burkina Faso, 2020 1,920,102,000 kg
Maize: losses - Burkina Faso, 2020 328,027,476 kg

Data version 2.19.3