Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 74,580 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Burundi, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Burundi is 74,580 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.1% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Burundi peaked at 121,649 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 44,608 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Burundi 34th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 55,556 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 55,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 60,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 60,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 60,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 60,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 63,636 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 63,636 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 64,546 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 89,884 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1989 | 113,833 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1990 | 97,201 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 108,262 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 83,669 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1993 | 81,208 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 67,018 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1995 | 69,958 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 75,908 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 72,917 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 73,260 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 64,815 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2000 | 48,978 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2001 | 62,166 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2002 | 58,976 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 57,036 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 54,465 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 49,729 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 46,249 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 45,774 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 44,712 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 55,399 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2010 | 53,988 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 121,649 kg/ha | +125.3% |
| 2012 | 81,602 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2013 | 85,542 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 68,927 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2015 | 71,091 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 71,914 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 66,190 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 58,371 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 58,254 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 58,181 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 44,608 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2022 | 79,464 kg/ha | +78.1% |
| 2023 | 82,940 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 74,580 kg/ha | -10.1% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 74,580 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 74,580 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +125.3% | 53,988 kg/ha | 121,649 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +78.1% | 44,608 kg/ha | 79,464 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +39.3% | 64,546 kg/ha | 89,884 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55,556 kg/ha | 55,556 kg/ha | 55,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,109 kg/ha | 55,556 kg/ha | 113,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 79,421 kg/ha | 64,815 kg/ha | 108,262 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,348 kg/ha | 44,712 kg/ha | 62,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,753 kg/ha | 53,988 kg/ha | 121,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,955 kg/ha | 44,608 kg/ha | 82,940 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Burundi?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Burundi was 74,580 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 121,649 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,608 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Burundi rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Burundi ranks 34th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.