Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 472,373 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burundi is 472,373 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 516,346 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 123,000 ha, in 1972.
That places Burundi 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 129,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 129,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 131,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 136,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 137,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 136,597 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 139,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 140,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 139,611 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 133,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 136,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 123,000 ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 138,100 ha | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 123,400 ha | -10.6% |
| 1975 | 138,100 ha | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 140,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 142,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 163,300 ha | +14.9% |
| 1979 | 147,700 ha | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 152,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 158,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 160,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 159,100 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 168,100 ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 177,200 ha | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 192,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 198,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 203,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 210,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 206,494 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 211,538 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 216,941 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 212,714 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 192,421 ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 204,943 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 208,210 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 219,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 197,300 ha | -10.3% |
| 1999 | 213,200 ha | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 212,344 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 231,264 ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 237,256 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 242,719 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 238,248 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 246,522 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 215,468 ha | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 218,711 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 250,782 ha | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 301,733 ha | +20.3% |
| 2010 | 279,025 ha | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 255,799 ha | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 427,554 ha | +67.1% |
| 2013 | 443,226 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 413,095 ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 437,336 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 307,953 ha | -29.6% |
| 2017 | 411,435 ha | +33.6% |
| 2018 | 411,388 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 463,440 ha | +12.7% |
| 2020 | 516,346 ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 511,416 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 508,738 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 487,277 ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 472,373 ha | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135,501 ha | 129,000 ha | 140,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 138,500 ha | 123,000 ha | 163,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 177,920 ha | 152,900 ha | 210,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 208,366 ha | 192,421 ha | 219,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 239,505 ha | 212,344 ha | 301,733 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 385,025 ha | 255,799 ha | 463,440 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 499,230 ha | 472,373 ha | 516,346 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)
- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burundi?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Burundi was 472,373 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 516,346 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 123,000 ha in 1972.
- How does Burundi rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.