Rice — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Rice — Yield was 1,368 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Rice — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Burundi is 1,368 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Burundi peaked at 4,415 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 983.1 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Burundi 101st out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Rice — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,764 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1963 | 2,792 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1964 | 2,400 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1965 | 2,074 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1966 | 2,045 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 983.1 kg/ha | -51.9% |
| 1968 | 2,091 kg/ha | +112.7% |
| 1969 | 1,666 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1970 | 1,438 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1971 | 1,374 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 2,152 kg/ha | +56.7% |
| 1973 | 1,810 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1974 | 2,017 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 2,270 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1976 | 2,215 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 1,829 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1978 | 1,500 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1980 | 2,351 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1981 | 2,000 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1982 | 2,571 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1983 | 2,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 4,415 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 1986 | 3,084 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1987 | 2,333 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1988 | 3,500 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1989 | 3,333 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,092 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 3,108 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 3,140 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 3,112 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 2,682 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 2,787 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 3,255 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 2,993 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 3,257 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 3,040 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 3,206 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 3,263 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 3,141 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 3,292 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 3,414 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 3,332 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 3,377 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 3,220 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 3,268 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 2,808 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2011 | 2,685 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 2,104 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2013 | 1,913 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 2,839 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 2015 | 1,129 kg/ha | -60.2% |
| 2016 | 2,300 kg/ha | +103.7% |
| 2017 | 1,784 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2018 | 1,793 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,690 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 1,612 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 1,622 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,514 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 1,443 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 1,368 kg/ha | -5.2% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 1,368 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 1,368 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +112.7% | 983.1 kg/ha | 2,091 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +103.7% | 1,129 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +100.0% | 1,500 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,257 kg/ha | 983.1 kg/ha | 3,764 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,961 kg/ha | 1,374 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,916 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,076 kg/ha | 2,682 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,255 kg/ha | 3,040 kg/ha | 3,414 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,104 kg/ha | 1,129 kg/ha | 2,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,512 kg/ha | 1,368 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 98 Guinea 1,512 kg/ha compare
- 99 Guinea-Bissau 1,447 kg/ha compare
- 100 Sierra Leone 1,409 kg/ha compare
- 102 Central African Republic 1,362 kg/ha compare
- 103 Chad 1,351 kg/ha compare
- 104 Uganda 1,304 kg/ha compare
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 rice — yield in Burundi?
- Rice — yield in Burundi was 1,368 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 4,415 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 983.1 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Burundi rank for rice — yield?
- Burundi ranks 101st out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — 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.