Sugar cane — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 1,868 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Burundi is 1,868 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 3,540 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Burundi ranks 80th of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 90 ha | — |
| 1971 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +354.5% |
| 1989 | 669 ha | +33.8% |
| 1990 | 896 ha | +33.9% |
| 1991 | 1,220 ha | +36.2% |
| 1992 | 1,802 ha | +47.7% |
| 1993 | 1,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 2,100 ha | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 2,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 2,406 ha | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 2,001 ha | -16.8% |
| 2002 | 2,150 ha | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 2,114 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 2,262 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 2,527 ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 2,526 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,530 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,632 ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 2,198 ha | -16.5% |
| 2010 | 2,440 ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 1,676 ha | -31.3% |
| 2012 | 2,700 ha | +61.1% |
| 2013 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 2,998 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 2,998 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,033 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 3,250 ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 3,057 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 3,140 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 3,282 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 3,540 ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 2,440 ha | -31.1% |
| 2023 | 1,693 ha | -30.6% |
| 2024 | 1,868 ha | +10.3% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 1,868 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,060 ha, 23% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 1,868 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 10% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +354.5% | 110 ha | 500 ha |
| 2012 | +61.1% | 1,676 ha | 2,700 ha |
| 1992 | +47.7% | 1,220 ha | 1,802 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90 ha | 90 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 198.9 ha | 90 ha | 669 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,922 ha | 896 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,335 ha | 2,001 ha | 2,632 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,809 ha | 1,676 ha | 3,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,565 ha | 1,693 ha | 3,540 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 77 Suriname 2,250 ha compare
- 78 Puerto Rico 2,000 ha compare
- 79 Afghanistan 1,947 ha compare
- 81 Barbados 1,580 ha compare
- 82 Sierra Leone 1,193 ha compare
- 83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,000 ha compare
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 sugar cane — area harvested in Burundi?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Burundi was 1,868 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 3,540 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Burundi rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 80th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.