Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Burundi
Burundi: Cotton lint, ginned — Production was 315.03 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Burundi, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cotton lint, ginned — production in Burundi stood at 315.03 t.
The figure is up 20.7% on the previous year and down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton lint, ginned — production in Burundi peaked at 3,588 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 261 t, in 2022.
That places Burundi 63rd out of 93 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cotton lint, ginned — Production in Burundi, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,211 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,740 t | -45.8% |
| 1963 | 1,695 t | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 2,356 t | +39.0% |
| 1965 | 2,235 t | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 1,941 t | -13.2% |
| 1967 | 2,875 t | +48.1% |
| 1968 | 2,843 t | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 2,725 t | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 3,253 t | +19.4% |
| 1971 | 3,522 t | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 1,894 t | -46.2% |
| 1973 | 1,724 t | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 1,654 t | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 1,421 t | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 1,108 t | -22.0% |
| 1977 | 1,842 t | +66.2% |
| 1978 | 2,214 t | +20.2% |
| 1979 | 2,043 t | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 2,015 t | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 2,343 t | +16.3% |
| 1982 | 2,080 t | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 1,696 t | -18.5% |
| 1984 | 2,323 t | +37.0% |
| 1985 | 2,583 t | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 3,116 t | +20.6% |
| 1987 | 3,071 t | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 2,959 t | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 2,869 t | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 2,192 t | -23.6% |
| 1991 | 2,905 t | +32.5% |
| 1992 | 2,165 t | -25.5% |
| 1993 | 3,588 t | +65.7% |
| 1994 | 1,968 t | -45.2% |
| 1995 | 1,881 t | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 1,056 t | -43.9% |
| 1997 | 972 t | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 1,368 t | +40.7% |
| 1999 | 1,101 t | -19.5% |
| 2000 | 1,102 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,300 t | +18.0% |
| 2002 | 1,302 t | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,350 t | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 2,000 t | +48.1% |
| 2005 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,231 t | -38.5% |
| 2008 | 1,222 t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,093 t | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 731 t | -33.1% |
| 2011 | 803 t | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 692 t | -13.8% |
| 2013 | 946 t | +36.7% |
| 2014 | 1,011 t | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 968 t | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 854 t | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 779 t | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 868 t | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 365 t | -57.9% |
| 2020 | 302 t | -17.3% |
| 2021 | 406 t | +34.4% |
| 2022 | 261 t | -35.7% |
| 2023 | 315.03 t | +20.7% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 315.03 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,671 t, 4% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 315.03 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,542 t, 3% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,402 t | 1,695 t | 3,211 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,068 t | 1,108 t | 3,522 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,506 t | 1,696 t | 3,116 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,920 t | 972 t | 3,588 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,460 t | 1,093 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 801.7 t | 365 t | 1,011 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 321.01 t | 261 t | 406 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
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 cotton lint, ginned — production in Burundi?
- Cotton lint, ginned — production in Burundi was 315.03 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 3,588 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest cotton lint, ginned — production recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 261 t in 2022.
- How does Burundi rank for cotton lint, ginned — production?
- Burundi ranks 63rd out of 93 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton lint, ginned — production rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton lint, ginned — Production. 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.