What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Burundi and Thailand?

0.2896 tonnes per hectare, with Thailand ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Thailand?

39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Thailand: Yields of important staple crops

Burundi

0.7304 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Thailand

1.02 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Burundi rank

120th

Thailand rank

117th

Yields of important staple crops over time

Burundi
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 1.02 tonnes per hectare against 0.7304 tonnes per hectare in Burundi, a difference of 0.2896 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.4 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Thailand ahead.

Burundi ranks 120th and Thailand ranks 117th of 126 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 3 and Thailand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Thailand	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.9367 tonnes per hectare	0.9308 tonnes per hectare	0.0059 tonnes per hectare	Burundi
1990s	0.7674 tonnes per hectare	0.648 tonnes per hectare	0.1194 tonnes per hectare	Burundi
2000s	0.8077 tonnes per hectare	0.7649 tonnes per hectare	0.0428 tonnes per hectare	Burundi
2010s	0.6695 tonnes per hectare	1.02 tonnes per hectare	0.3464 tonnes per hectare	Thailand
2020s	0.7262 tonnes per hectare	1.02 tonnes per hectare	0.2938 tonnes per hectare	Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yields of important staple crops, Burundi or Thailand?: Thailand, at 1.02 tonnes per hectare against 0.7304 tonnes per hectare in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Burundi and Thailand?: 0.2896 tonnes per hectare, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Thailand?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Thailand rank globally for yields of important staple crops?: Burundi ranks 120th and Thailand ranks 117th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Yields of important staple crops
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,961 data points, 1275–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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