Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 410.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burundi stood at 410.3 kg/ha.
The figure is up 21.8% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burundi peaked at 1,244 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 265.7 kg/ha, in 2022.
That places Burundi 85th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 747.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 676.1 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1963 | 511.4 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1964 | 806.9 kg/ha | +57.8% |
| 1965 | 637.9 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1966 | 591 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 833.1 kg/ha | +41.0% |
| 1968 | 845.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 844 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 994.3 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1971 | 986.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 643.3 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1973 | 570 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 661.4 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 579 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 481.6 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1977 | 662.9 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1978 | 778.8 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1979 | 754.9 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 898.8 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1981 | 1,022 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1982 | 968.6 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 1,016 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 1,041 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 1,118 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 1,244 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 1,223 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 1,040 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 1,039 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 856.5 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1991 | 1,039 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1992 | 938.4 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 1,078 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1994 | 1,196 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 793.8 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1996 | 662.4 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1997 | 714.8 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 996.5 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1999 | 931.5 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 671 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2001 | 682.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 845.8 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2003 | 746.7 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 658.3 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 663.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 640.6 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 985.2 kg/ha | +53.8% |
| 2008 | 626.7 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 2009 | 612.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 834.4 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2011 | 1,146 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 2012 | 1,034 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 1,123 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 783.8 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2015 | 764.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 680.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 701.7 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 681.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 362.5 kg/ha | -46.8% |
| 2020 | 422.4 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 466.9 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 265.7 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 2023 | 336.9 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2024 | 410.3 kg/ha | +21.8% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 410.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 978.1 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 410.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 972 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 721.42 kg/ha | 511.4 kg/ha | 845.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 711.3 kg/ha | 481.6 kg/ha | 994.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,061 kg/ha | 898.8 kg/ha | 1,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 920.61 kg/ha | 662.4 kg/ha | 1,196 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 713.21 kg/ha | 612.1 kg/ha | 985.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 811.13 kg/ha | 362.5 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 380.44 kg/ha | 265.7 kg/ha | 466.9 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burundi?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Burundi was 410.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,244 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 265.7 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Burundi rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Burundi ranks 85th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — 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.