Millet — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Millet — Yield was 1,100 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Burundi stood at 1,100 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.5% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Burundi peaked at 1,672 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 817.1 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Burundi 45th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 930.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 930.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 931 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 931.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 941.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 920.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 922.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 944.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 933.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 880 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 881.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 899.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 967.6 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 817.1 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1975 | 928.4 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1976 | 960 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 909.1 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 956.5 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 940 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,025 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 1,050 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 1,075 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 1,092 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 1,117 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 1,096 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 1,031 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 1,108 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 1,443 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1996 | 1,129 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1997 | 1,672 kg/ha | +48.0% |
| 1998 | 1,105 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 1999 | 1,123 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1,045 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 1,164 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 1,060 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 1,152 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 1,034 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 1,076 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1,115 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,115 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,115 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,130 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 1,113 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,112 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,110 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,109 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,107 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,109 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,113 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,143 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 1,199 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 1,299 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 1,302 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,100 kg/ha | -15.5% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 1,100 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 848.5 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 1,100 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +48.0% | 1,129 kg/ha | 1,672 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -33.9% | 1,672 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +30.3% | 1,108 kg/ha | 1,443 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 931.64 kg/ha | 920.5 kg/ha | 944.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 913.99 kg/ha | 817.1 kg/ha | 967.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,015 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,191 kg/ha | 1,031 kg/ha | 1,672 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,088 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,113 kg/ha | 1,107 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,209 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,302 kg/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 millet — yield in Burundi?
- Millet — yield in Burundi was 1,100 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,672 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 817.1 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Burundi rank for millet — yield?
- Burundi ranks 45th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 Millet — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.