Sorghum — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Sorghum — Yield was 603 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 603 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Burundi peaked at 1,404 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 559.9 kg/ha, in 2019.
Burundi ranks 96th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 977.6 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 975.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 921.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 996.7 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 985 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 983.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 977.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 977.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 956.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 992.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 828.6 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1989 | 1,129 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1990 | 1,098 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 1,124 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 1,152 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 1,126 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 993.8 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 1,317 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 1996 | 1,321 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,240 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 1,249 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,200 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 1,212 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,256 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 1,285 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1,292 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,349 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 1,404 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1,265 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 1,296 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 1,287 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,288 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,076 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 835 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2012 | 589 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 2013 | 651.3 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 693.1 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 1,153 kg/ha | +66.4% |
| 2016 | 697.6 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 2017 | 649.9 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 669.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 559.9 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2020 | 608.2 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 625 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 603 kg/ha | -3.5% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 603 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 603 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +66.4% | 693.1 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -39.5% | 1,153 kg/ha | 697.6 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +36.3% | 828.6 kg/ha | 1,129 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +32.5% | 993.8 kg/ha | 1,317 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -29.5% | 835 kg/ha | 589 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 975.11 kg/ha | 921.6 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 995 kg/ha | 828.6 kg/ha | 1,129 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,182 kg/ha | 993.8 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,294 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 757.46 kg/ha | 559.9 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 617.24 kg/ha | 603 kg/ha | 625 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 sorghum — yield in Burundi?
- Sorghum — yield in Burundi was 603 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,404 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 559.9 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Burundi rank for sorghum — yield?
- Burundi ranks 96th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. 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 Sorghum — 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.