Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Burundi
Burundi: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 139,352 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — production in Burundi is 139,352 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Burundi peaked at 239,519 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Burundi 108th out of 155 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Burundi, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 5,000 t | — |
| 1971 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,100 t | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 44,942 t | +533.0% |
| 1989 | 76,154 t | +69.4% |
| 1990 | 87,092 t | +14.4% |
| 1991 | 132,079 t | +51.7% |
| 1992 | 150,771 t | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 146,174 t | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 120,632 t | -17.5% |
| 1995 | 132,920 t | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 159,406 t | +19.9% |
| 1997 | 175,000 t | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 190,476 t | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 175,000 t | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 117,840 t | -32.7% |
| 2001 | 124,395 t | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 126,799 t | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 120,575 t | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 123,199 t | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 125,666 t | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 116,825 t | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 115,807 t | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 117,681 t | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 121,767 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 131,730 t | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 203,883 t | +54.8% |
| 2012 | 220,326 t | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 239,519 t | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 206,644 t | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 213,130 t | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 218,115 t | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 215,118 t | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 178,439 t | -17.1% |
| 2019 | 182,919 t | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 190,950 t | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 157,913 t | -17.3% |
| 2022 | 193,892 t | +22.8% |
| 2023 | 140,417 t | -27.6% |
| 2024 | 139,352 t | -0.8% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 139,352 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 307,701 t, 45% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 139,352 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 774,764 t, 18% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Production 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 | +533.0% | 7,100 t | 44,942 t |
| 1989 | +69.4% | 44,942 t | 76,154 t |
| 2011 | +54.8% | 131,730 t | 203,883 t |
| 1991 | +51.7% | 87,092 t | 132,079 t |
| 2000 | -32.7% | 175,000 t | 117,840 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,000 t | 5,000 t | 5,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,120 t | 5,000 t | 76,154 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 146,955 t | 87,092 t | 190,476 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,055 t | 115,807 t | 126,799 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 200,982 t | 131,730 t | 239,519 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 164,505 t | 139,352 t | 193,892 t | 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 sugar crops primary — production in Burundi?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Burundi was 139,352 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 239,519 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Burundi rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Burundi ranks 108th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. 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 Crops Primary — Production. 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.