Bananas — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Bananas — Area harvested was 165,189 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Bananas — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 165,189 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 310,437 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 106,018 ha, in 2017.
Burundi ranks 11th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Bananas — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 190,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 190,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 220,600 ha | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 165,700 ha | -24.9% |
| 1982 | 220,000 ha | +32.8% |
| 1983 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 250,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 260,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 270,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 290,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 290,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 290,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 290,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 290,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 260,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 261,349 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 252,530 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 295,000 ha | +16.8% |
| 1997 | 281,064 ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 295,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 295,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 273,050 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 300,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 310,437 ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 300,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 290,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 280,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 260,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 250,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 220,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 273,792 ha | +24.5% |
| 2011 | 272,804 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 178,036 ha | -34.7% |
| 2013 | 175,553 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 164,581 ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 184,498 ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 125,207 ha | -32.1% |
| 2017 | 106,018 ha | -15.3% |
| 2018 | 250,664 ha | +136.4% |
| 2019 | 161,016 ha | -35.8% |
| 2020 | 123,281 ha | -23.4% |
| 2021 | 175,384 ha | +42.3% |
| 2022 | 147,250 ha | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 150,965 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 165,189 ha | +9.4% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 165,189 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 53,668 ha, 3.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 165,189 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 12.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Burundi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +136.4% | 106,018 ha | 250,664 ha |
| 2021 | +42.3% | 123,281 ha | 175,384 ha |
| 2019 | -35.8% | 250,664 ha | 161,016 ha |
| 2012 | -34.7% | 272,804 ha | 178,036 ha |
| 1982 | +32.8% | 165,700 ha | 220,000 ha |
| 2016 | -32.1% | 184,498 ha | 125,207 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 195,556 ha | 190,000 ha | 200,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 199,000 ha | 190,000 ha | 200,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 240,630 ha | 165,700 ha | 290,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 280,994 ha | 252,530 ha | 295,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 278,349 ha | 220,000 ha | 310,437 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 189,217 ha | 106,018 ha | 273,792 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 152,414 ha | 123,281 ha | 175,384 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Burundi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 80.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0032 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Burundi?
- Bananas — area harvested in Burundi was 165,189 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 310,437 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 106,018 ha in 2017.
- How does Burundi rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 11th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.