Soya beans — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Soya beans — Area harvested was 4,986 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Burundi stood at 4,986 ha.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 7,315 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1982.
That places Burundi 63rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 800 ha | +60.0% |
| 1976 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | -50.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 436 ha | +45.3% |
| 1981 | 900 ha | +106.4% |
| 1982 | 200 ha | -77.8% |
| 1983 | 400 ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 250 ha | -37.5% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +100.0% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 548 ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 524 ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 500 ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 601 ha | +20.2% |
| 1996 | 484 ha | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 588 ha | +21.5% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | +144.4% |
| 2001 | 1,600 ha | +45.5% |
| 2002 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 2,150 ha | +19.4% |
| 2004 | 2,400 ha | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 2,700 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 3,800 ha | +40.7% |
| 2007 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 3,638 ha | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 3,282 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 2,849 ha | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 3,678 ha | +29.1% |
| 2014 | 4,438 ha | +20.7% |
| 2015 | 2,947 ha | -33.6% |
| 2016 | 7,315 ha | +148.2% |
| 2017 | 4,491 ha | -38.6% |
| 2018 | 4,582 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 5,463 ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 4,845 ha | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 4,919 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 5,088 ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 4,951 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 4,986 ha | +0.7% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 4,986 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 66,044 ha, 8% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 4,986 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 7% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +148.2% | 2,947 ha | 7,315 ha |
| 2000 | +144.4% | 450 ha | 1,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 700 ha | 700 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 620 ha | 300 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 508.6 ha | 200 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 529.5 ha | 450 ha | 601 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,785 ha | 1,100 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,268 ha | 2,849 ha | 7,315 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,958 ha | 4,845 ha | 5,088 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 soya beans — area harvested in Burundi?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Burundi was 4,986 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 7,315 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1982.
- How does Burundi rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 63rd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya beans — 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.