Cereals, primary — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,163 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Burundi is 1,163 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Burundi peaked at 1,482 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 919.6 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Burundi 152nd out of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 946.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,011 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 919.6 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1964 | 991.9 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 983.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 975.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 997.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 1,046 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 1,067 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 1,092 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 1,111 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 1,025 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 1,110 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 973.3 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1975 | 1,105 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 1,105 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,110 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 1,234 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 1,100 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 1,064 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 1,080 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,075 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 1,094 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 1,109 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 1,152 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 1,214 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 1,228 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 1,194 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 1,369 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1990 | 1,348 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 1,369 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 1,391 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 1,394 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1,275 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 1,332 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 1,386 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 1,434 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 1,276 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 1,310 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,228 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 1,284 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 1,309 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 1,284 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 1,328 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 1,344 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,277 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1,303 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,282 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1,297 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1,232 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 1,154 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 1,108 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1,178 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 1,332 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 1,204 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 1,482 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2017 | 1,125 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2018 | 1,323 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2019 | 1,188 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 1,161 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,189 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 1,203 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,168 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 1,163 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 1,163 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,138 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 1,163 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 993.03 kg/ha | 919.6 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,096 kg/ha | 973.3 kg/ha | 1,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,158 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 1,369 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,352 kg/ha | 1,275 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,294 kg/ha | 1,228 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,233 kg/ha | 1,108 kg/ha | 1,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,177 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 1,203 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 cereals, primary — yield in Burundi?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Burundi was 1,163 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,482 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 919.6 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Burundi rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Burundi ranks 152nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. 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 Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.