Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 18,816 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 18,816 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.6% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 29,663 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,950 ha, in 1961.
Burundi ranks 47th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,950 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +51.9% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 6,200 ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1968 | 10,600 ha | +17.8% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 11,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 15,890 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 15,986 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 12,000 ha | -24.9% |
| 1995 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 12,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 13,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 13,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 12,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 12,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 15,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2010 | 16,545 ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 17,364 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 21,673 ha | +24.8% |
| 2013 | 23,130 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 16,708 ha | -27.8% |
| 2015 | 22,055 ha | +32.0% |
| 2016 | 12,149 ha | -44.9% |
| 2017 | 11,064 ha | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 19,222 ha | +73.7% |
| 2019 | 20,827 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 11,962 ha | -42.6% |
| 2021 | 25,902 ha | +116.5% |
| 2022 | 29,663 ha | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 20,589 ha | -30.6% |
| 2024 | 18,816 ha | -8.6% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 18,816 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 14% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 18,816 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 18% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +116.5% | 11,962 ha | 25,902 ha |
| 2018 | +73.7% | 11,064 ha | 19,222 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,183 ha | 3,950 ha | 10,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,900 ha | 9,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,688 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,986 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,030 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,074 ha | 11,064 ha | 23,130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,386 ha | 11,962 ha | 29,663 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Burundi?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Burundi was 18,816 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 29,663 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,950 ha in 1961.
- How does Burundi rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 47th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.