Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 481,036 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Burundi stood at 481,036 ha.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 394.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 632,566 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 90,000 ha, in 1962.
That places Burundi 55th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105,566 ha | 90,000 ha | 112,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 116,800 ha | 110,000 ha | 122,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 130,100 ha | 124,000 ha | 134,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 116,700 ha | 100,000 ha | 124,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 115,140 ha | 112,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 149,699 ha | 97,242 ha | 270,755 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 492,075 ha | 347,527 ha | 632,566 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 52 Germany 498,400 ha compare
- 53 Bangladesh 496,681 ha compare
- 54 Italy 495,350 ha compare
- 56 Peru 461,207 ha compare
- 57 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 442,378 ha compare
- 58 Republic of Moldova 442,121 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burundi
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2023)
- Rural population 74.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 10.69 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.21 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Burundi?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Burundi was 481,036 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 632,566 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Burundi rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 55th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 394.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.