Corn yields in Burundi
Burundi: Corn yields was 1.23 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, corn yields in Burundi stood at 1.23 tonnes per hectare.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in Burundi peaked at 1.53 tonnes per hectare in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.9081 tonnes per hectare, in 1963.
Burundi ranks 144th of 170 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 0.9081 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 0.9875 tonnes per hectare | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Burundi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2025)
- Rural population 10.69 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 74.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 678,679 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in Burundi?
- Corn yields in Burundi was 1.23 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn yields recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9081 tonnes per hectare in 1963.
- How does Burundi rank for corn yields?
- Burundi ranks 144th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.