Potatoes — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Potatoes — Area harvested was 41,955 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 41,955 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 71.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 53,689 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,838 ha, in 2011.
Burundi ranks 56th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,400 ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 9,300 ha | +10.7% |
| 1964 | 9,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 10,200 ha | +8.5% |
| 1966 | 11,097 ha | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 11,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 11,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 11,611 ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 9,500 ha | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1976 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,400 ha | -23.6% |
| 1979 | 10,600 ha | +26.2% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 11,800 ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 12,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 12,774 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 14,738 ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 14,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 15,268 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 11,000 ha | -28.0% |
| 1995 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1996 | 14,254 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 9,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 9,744 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 10,957 ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 10,956 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,244 ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 9,982 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 11,500 ha | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 10,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 8,380 ha | -16.2% |
| 2008 | 11,000 ha | +31.3% |
| 2009 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,755 ha | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 7,838 ha | -10.5% |
| 2012 | 15,351 ha | +95.9% |
| 2013 | 19,743 ha | +28.6% |
| 2014 | 24,442 ha | +23.8% |
| 2015 | 12,705 ha | -48.0% |
| 2016 | 13,769 ha | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 19,987 ha | +45.2% |
| 2018 | 27,097 ha | +35.6% |
| 2019 | 53,689 ha | +98.1% |
| 2020 | 36,684 ha | -31.7% |
| 2021 | 43,224 ha | +17.8% |
| 2022 | 44,709 ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 43,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 41,955 ha | -2.4% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 41,955 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 1.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 41,955 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 3.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +98.1% | 27,097 ha | 53,689 ha |
| 2012 | +95.9% | 7,838 ha | 15,351 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,112 ha | 8,000 ha | 11,611 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,450 ha | 8,400 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,180 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,003 ha | 9,000 ha | 15,268 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,376 ha | 8,380 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,338 ha | 7,838 ha | 53,689 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,914 ha | 36,684 ha | 44,709 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 potatoes — area harvested in Burundi?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Burundi was 41,955 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 53,689 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,838 ha in 2011.
- How does Burundi rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 56th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.7%. 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 Potatoes — 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.