Fonio

In 2023, Guinea was the largest producer of Fonio, followed by Nigeria, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger, Togo, Benin, Gambia. This ranking is based on available production data and may exclude countries with missing records.

Guinea

Rank 1

490.7M kg

+0.65%

+2.16%

+2.78%

Nigeria

Rank 2

84.9M kg

+0.84%

-0.50%

-0.68%

Mali

Rank 3

59.1M kg

+56.23%

+34.29%

+112.10%

Ivory Coast

Rank 4

19.6M kg

+3.42%

+4.96%

-14.02%

Burkina Faso

Rank 5

15.3M kg

+86.28%

+41.76%

+35.32%

Senegal

Rank 6

6.5M kg

-1.71%

-3.71%

+66.02%

Niger

Rank 7

6.4M kg

+5.32%

+12.32%

-0.43%

Togo

Rank 8

4.6M kg

+3.17%

+7.68%

+25.83%

Benin

Rank 9

907.0K kg

-79.97%

-79.30%

-85.75%

Gambia

Rank 10

872.2K kg

-7.72%

-5.60%

+56.92%

Trends of Top 10 Producers

This is the production trends of the top 10 producers of Fonio from 2009 to 2023.

	Country	Production %	Production Volume
	Country	Production %	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Global		528.59M	657.97M	734.08M	659.07M	694.12M	631.18M	665.68M	1.15B	1.21B	1.16B	645.01M	1.15B	1.18B	1.21B	715.29M
2	Guinea	71.2%	344.90M	384.47M	409.00M	429.41M	450.84M	473.33M	496.95M	496.95M	488.31M	477.43M	459.27M	480.30M	483.91M	487.54M	490.70M
3	Nigeria	12.31%	74.00M	79.09M	81.94M	81.49M	81.86M	82.27M	83.07M	83.75M	84.76M	85.45M	85.76M	85.30M	85.09M	84.17M	84.88M
4	Mali	8.58%	35.48M	52.35M	51.02M	17.39M	30.55M	37.28M	20.29M	16.74M	46.19M	27.87M	40.54M	44.01M	47.66M	37.83M	59.11M
5	Ivory Coast	2.84%	16.92M	17.48M	17.32M	17.72M	16.81M	18.78M	19.30M	19.80M	20.40M	22.75M	18.43M	18.63M	20.80M	18.91M	19.56M
6	Burkina Faso	2.21%	26.10M	18.32M	14.50M	20.66M	19.89M	8.56M	13.09M	10.94M	10.07M	11.27M	10.24M	10.76M	7.55M	8.19M	15.25M
7	Senegal	0.94%	3.09M	1.37M	1.74M	1.50M	1.49M	2.18M	3.23M	3.76M	3.86M	3.92M	5.15M	6.76M	6.68M	6.62M	6.51M
8	Niger	0.92%	3.22M	5.47M	4.96M	5.93M	7.07M	3.72M	5.81M	6.11M	6.21M	6.40M	6.05M	5.67M	4.02M	6.05M	6.37M
9	Togo	0.67%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.65M	3.67M	3.83M	4.28M	4.39M	4.47M	4.61M
10	Benin	0.13%	947.00K	815.00K	747.00K	1.05M	1.13M	1.63M	1.54M	1.33M	1.39M	6.37M	4.70M	4.38M	4.55M	4.53M	907.00K

Shares of Top 10 Producers

Discover the production share of top Fonio producing countries in 2023.

Guinea held the largest share of Fonio production quantity at 71.20%. Its production quantity increased by 0.65% between 2022 and 2023, reaching 490.70M.

Note: Share percentages are calculated based on countries with reported production data and may not include those without available records.

Rank

Country

Share in Production

2023

Production Quantity

2023

1-Year Growth in Qty

2022-2023

3-Year Growth in Qty

2020-2023

5-Year Growth in Qty

2018-2023

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