Soya beans — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Soya beans — Yield was 434.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Burundi is 434.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Burundi peaked at 1,600 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 327.4 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Burundi 93rd out of 98 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.
Soya beans — 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 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,167 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,600 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1975 | 875 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1976 | 875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 1,333 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 848.6 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1981 | 888.9 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 800 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 898.4 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1993 | 869 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 800 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 832.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 826.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 825 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 800 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 777.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 727.3 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 744.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 750 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 777.8 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 789.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 775 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 768.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 761.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 773.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 773.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 728.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 955.4 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2014 | 822 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2015 | 594.8 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 2016 | 327.4 kg/ha | -45.0% |
| 2017 | 482.5 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 2018 | 520.9 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 424 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2020 | 472.6 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 470 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 440 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 444.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 434.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 434.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 688.4 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 434.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +47.4% | 327.4 kg/ha | 482.5 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -45.3% | 1,600 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -45.0% | 594.8 kg/ha | 327.4 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +37.1% | 1,167 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -36.4% | 1,333 kg/ha | 848.6 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +33.3% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,333 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 | 1,089 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 953.75 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 862.86 kg/ha | 777.8 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 759.4 kg/ha | 727.3 kg/ha | 789.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 640.23 kg/ha | 327.4 kg/ha | 955.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 452.32 kg/ha | 434.3 kg/ha | 472.6 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 soya beans — yield in Burundi?
- Soya beans — yield in Burundi was 434.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 327.4 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Burundi rank for soya beans — yield?
- Burundi ranks 93rd out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.2%. 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 Soya beans — 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.