Sweet potatoes — Production in Burundi
Burundi: Sweet potatoes — Production was 944,229 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 944,229 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Burundi peaked at 1.11 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 318,860 t, in 1974.
Burundi ranks 13th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Burundi, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 380,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 380,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 380,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 390,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 390,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 390,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 400,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 381,600 t | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 389,995 t | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 350,995 t | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 398,575 t | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 318,860 t | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 402,561 t | +26.3% |
| 1976 | 409,100 t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 415,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 564,000 t | +35.9% |
| 1979 | 467,700 t | -17.1% |
| 1980 | 500,000 t | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 497,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 490,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 502,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 517,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 555,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 611,000 t | +10.1% |
| 1987 | 625,900 t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 641,300 t | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 650,700 t | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 663,600 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 680,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 697,600 t | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 680,000 t | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 601,489 t | -11.5% |
| 1995 | 673,530 t | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 670,256 t | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 680,664 t | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 590,480 t | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 734,172 t | +24.3% |
| 2000 | 687,382 t | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 780,859 t | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 833,470 t | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 807,940 t | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 834,394 t | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 849,784 t | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 837,311 t | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 873,663 t | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 896,883 t | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 926,319 t | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 966,343 t | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 955,103 t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 659,593 t | -30.9% |
| 2013 | 839,715 t | +27.3% |
| 2014 | 664,217 t | -20.9% |
| 2015 | 580,848 t | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 726,048 t | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 519,637 t | -28.4% |
| 2018 | 583,019 t | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 1.02 million t | +75.5% |
| 2020 | 1.03 million t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.11 million t | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 1.08 million t | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 960,000 t | -11.5% |
| 2024 | 944,229 t | -1.6% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 944,229 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 314,757 t, 3.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 944,229 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 5.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +75.5% | 583,019 t | 1.02 million t |
| 1978 | +35.9% | 415,000 t | 564,000 t |
| 2012 | -30.9% | 955,103 t | 659,593 t |
| 2017 | -28.4% | 726,048 t | 519,637 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 390,000 t | 380,000 t | 400,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 409,839 t | 318,860 t | 564,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 558,990 t | 490,000 t | 650,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 667,229 t | 590,480 t | 734,172 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 832,800 t | 687,382 t | 926,319 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 751,798 t | 519,637 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 million t | 944,229 t | 1.11 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 10 Ethiopia 1.19 million t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 138,700 t compare
- 11 Uganda 1.03 million t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,666 t compare
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,825 t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,635 t compare
- 14 Kenya 862,724 t compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,120 t compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 732,422 t compare
- 15 Micronesia 3,120 t compare
- 16 Japan 717,000 t 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 sweet potatoes — production in Burundi?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Burundi was 944,229 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 318,860 t in 1974.
- How does Burundi rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Burundi ranks 13th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.2%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.