Bananas — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Bananas — Yield was 7,312 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Burundi is 7,312 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Burundi peaked at 12,735 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,692 kg/ha, in 2015.
That places Burundi 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,263 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,316 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 5,526 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 5,947 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 5,700 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 5,750 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 5,850 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,985 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 6,117 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 5,480 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1973 | 6,252 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 6,210 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 6,314 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 6,314 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,600 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 5,905 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 5,924 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 4,986 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1981 | 7,477 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 5,546 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1983 | 5,273 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 5,441 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 5,536 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 5,523 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 5,450 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 5,202 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 5,256 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 5,334 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 5,469 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 5,606 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 6,099 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1994 | 5,689 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 5,629 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 5,236 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 5,489 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 4,743 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1999 | 5,123 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 5,545 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 5,164 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 5,343 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 5,669 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 5,288 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 5,603 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 5,741 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 6,541 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 7,040 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 8,390 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2010 | 6,986 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 6,777 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 6,651 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 12,735 kg/ha | +91.5% |
| 2014 | 8,281 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2015 | 4,692 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2016 | 7,278 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 2017 | 7,838 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 6,602 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2019 | 7,327 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 7,441 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 7,421 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,292 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 7,286 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 7,312 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 7,312 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,046 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 7,312 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +91.5% | 6,651 kg/ha | 12,735 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +55.1% | 4,692 kg/ha | 7,278 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +50.0% | 4,986 kg/ha | 7,477 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -43.3% | 8,281 kg/ha | 4,692 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -35.0% | 12,735 kg/ha | 8,281 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,706 kg/ha | 5,263 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,110 kg/ha | 5,480 kg/ha | 6,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,569 kg/ha | 4,986 kg/ha | 7,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,442 kg/ha | 4,743 kg/ha | 6,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,032 kg/ha | 5,164 kg/ha | 8,390 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,517 kg/ha | 4,692 kg/ha | 12,735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,350 kg/ha | 7,286 kg/ha | 7,441 kg/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 — yield in Burundi?
- Bananas — yield in Burundi was 7,312 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 12,735 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,692 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Burundi rank for bananas — yield?
- Burundi ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. 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.