Sweet potatoes — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 11,793 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Burundi stood at 11,793 kg/ha.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Burundi peaked at 13,302 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,905 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Burundi 43rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,290 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 6,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,349 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 6,349 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,349 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,360 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 6,290 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 6,268 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 6,327 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 6,132 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 6,390 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 6,392 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,385 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 6,635 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 6,236 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 6,329 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,372 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 6,364 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 6,354 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 6,383 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 6,379 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 6,432 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 6,387 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 6,413 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 6,354 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 6,443 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 6,481 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 6,342 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 6,476 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 6,015 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 6,123 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 6,206 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 6,188 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 5,905 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 6,555 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 6,249 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 6,507 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 6,722 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 6,490 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 6,675 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 6,537 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 6,698 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 6,669 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 6,595 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 6,712 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 7,200 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 7,272 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 6,504 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 10,453 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 2014 | 10,060 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 9,909 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 13,302 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 2017 | 8,913 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 2018 | 9,349 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 10,937 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2020 | 10,958 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 10,921 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 11,298 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 11,546 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 11,793 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 11,793 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 11,793 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +60.7% | 6,504 kg/ha | 10,453 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +34.2% | 9,909 kg/ha | 13,302 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -33.0% | 13,302 kg/ha | 8,913 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,324 kg/ha | 6,290 kg/ha | 6,349 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,341 kg/ha | 6,132 kg/ha | 6,635 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,377 kg/ha | 6,329 kg/ha | 6,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,273 kg/ha | 5,905 kg/ha | 6,555 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,585 kg/ha | 6,249 kg/ha | 6,722 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,390 kg/ha | 6,504 kg/ha | 13,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,303 kg/ha | 10,921 kg/ha | 11,793 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 sweet potatoes — yield in Burundi?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Burundi was 11,793 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 13,302 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,905 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Burundi rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Burundi ranks 43rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.