Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 34,294 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Burundi is 34,294 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 46,039 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16,796 ha, in 1962.
That places Burundi 121st out of 186 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.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,232 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,796 ha | -17.0% |
| 1963 | 18,398 ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 17,170 ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 18,132 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 18,064 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 20,892 ha | +15.7% |
| 1968 | 22,026 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 21,154 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 20,275 ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 21,043 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 20,068 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 20,298 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 18,576 ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 18,919 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 18,560 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 19,995 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 19,211 ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 20,275 ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 20,126 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 22,813 ha | +13.4% |
| 1982 | 20,550 ha | -9.9% |
| 1983 | 19,446 ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 20,948 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 22,346 ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 23,514 ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 24,110 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 24,882 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 23,999 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 22,358 ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 24,039 ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 23,584 ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 26,229 ha | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 17,983 ha | -31.4% |
| 1995 | 21,861 ha | +21.6% |
| 1996 | 17,804 ha | -18.6% |
| 1997 | 18,295 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 17,167 ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 17,679 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 17,905 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 19,900 ha | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 19,558 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 21,350 ha | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 25,100 ha | +17.6% |
| 2005 | 26,200 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 29,800 ha | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 30,707 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 31,107 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 32,361 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 31,579 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 30,045 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 34,044 ha | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 37,603 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 32,789 ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 36,749 ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 31,171 ha | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 26,961 ha | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 35,653 ha | +32.2% |
| 2019 | 37,530 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 27,476 ha | -26.8% |
| 2021 | 41,822 ha | +52.2% |
| 2022 | 46,039 ha | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 36,590 ha | -20.5% |
| 2024 | 34,294 ha | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,207 ha | 16,796 ha | 22,026 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,722 ha | 18,560 ha | 21,043 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,273 ha | 19,446 ha | 24,882 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,700 ha | 17,167 ha | 26,229 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,399 ha | 17,905 ha | 32,361 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,412 ha | 26,961 ha | 37,603 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,244 ha | 27,476 ha | 46,039 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Burundi?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Burundi was 34,294 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 46,039 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,796 ha in 1962.
- How does Burundi rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 121st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.