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 43rd of 120 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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 21,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 20,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 17,000 ha | -19.0% |
| 1975 | 21,500 ha | +26.5% |
| 1976 | 22,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 23,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 55,000 ha | +139.1% |
| 1980 | 52,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 53,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 52,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 53,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 49,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 59,000 ha | +20.4% |
| 1986 | 61,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 63,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 77,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1989 | 58,000 ha | -24.7% |
| 1990 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 45,000 ha | -22.4% |
| 1995 | 50,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 54,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 50,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 50,303 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 55,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 57,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 55,317 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 55,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 65,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 2007 | 66,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 62,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 63,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 77,150 ha | +22.5% |
| 2011 | 104,017 ha | +34.8% |
| 2012 | 53,523 ha | -48.5% |
| 2013 | 48,291 ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 32,254 ha | -33.2% |
| 2015 | 26,528 ha | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 42,526 ha | +60.3% |
| 2017 | 39,234 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 42,513 ha | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 15,809 ha | -62.8% |
| 2020 | 36,456 ha | +130.6% |
| 2021 | 40,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 49,750 ha | +24.4% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 49,750 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 19% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 49,750 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 22% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +139.1% | 23,000 ha | 55,000 ha |
| 2020 | +130.6% | 15,809 ha | 36,456 ha |
| 2019 | -62.8% | 42,513 ha | 15,809 ha |
| 2016 | +60.3% | 26,528 ha | 42,526 ha |
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 |
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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 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 43rd out of 120 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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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.