Sorghum — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Sorghum — Area harvested was 49,750 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 49,750 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 24.4% on the previous year and up 54.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 104,017 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 15,809 ha, in 2019.
Burundi ranks 46th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,111 ha | 19,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,350 ha | 17,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 57,700 ha | 49,000 ha | 77,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,600 ha | 45,000 ha | 58,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,362 ha | 50,303 ha | 66,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,184 ha | 15,809 ha | 104,017 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,241 ha | 36,456 ha | 49,750 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 43 El Salvador 61,369 ha compare
- 44 Saudi Arabia 60,475 ha compare
- 45 Sierra Leone 60,000 ha compare
- 47 Pakistan 45,563 ha compare
- 48 Guinea 45,000 ha compare
- 49 Italy 43,280 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burundi
- 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)
- Rural population 74.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 10.69 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.21 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Burundi?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Burundi was 49,750 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 104,017 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,809 ha in 2019.
- How does Burundi rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 46th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.2%. 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 Sorghum — 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.