Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Burundi
Burundi: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0057 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Burundi stood at 0.0057 ha per person.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Burundi peaked at 0.0212 ha per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0049 ha per person, in 2016.
Burundi ranks 9th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0212 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0206 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0202 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0203 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0197 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0193 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0191 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0186 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0182 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 0.017 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0171 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0155 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0174 ha per person | +12.7% |
| 1974 | 0.014 ha per person | -19.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0166 ha per person | +18.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0165 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0163 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0207 ha per person | +27.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0178 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1980 | 0.018 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0171 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0164 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0164 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0164 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0173 ha per person | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0185 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0187 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0186 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0187 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0184 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0184 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0188 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0185 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0175 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0181 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0178 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0181 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0162 ha per person | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0177 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 0.017 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0181 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0182 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0177 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0171 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0171 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0159 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0161 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.016 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0154 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0143 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0135 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0101 ha per person | -25.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0077 ha per person | -23.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0061 ha per person | -20.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0053 ha per person | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0049 ha per person | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0051 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0053 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0076 ha per person | +45.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0074 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0079 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0072 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0061 ha per person | -15.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0057 ha per person | -6.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +45.2% | 0.0053 ha per person | 0.0076 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0197 ha per person | 0.0182 ha per person | 0.0212 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0169 ha per person | 0.014 ha per person | 0.0207 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0176 ha per person | 0.0164 ha per person | 0.0187 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0179 ha per person | 0.0162 ha per person | 0.0188 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0169 ha per person | 0.0154 ha per person | 0.0182 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.008 ha per person | 0.0049 ha per person | 0.0143 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0069 ha per person | 0.0057 ha per person | 0.0079 ha per person | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Burundi?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Burundi was 0.0057 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0212 ha per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0049 ha per person in 2016.
- How does Burundi rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Burundi ranks 9th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.