Taro — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Taro — Area harvested was 8,523 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Burundi stood at 8,523 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 28,793 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 7,916 ha, in 2022.
That places Burundi 17th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 19,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 25,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 25,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 25,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 26,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 26,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 20,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1995 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 20,551 ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 23,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 16,400 ha | -28.7% |
| 1999 | 19,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 18,607 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 18,600 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 14,500 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 14,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 11,500 ha | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 10,758 ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 9,872 ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 14,397 ha | +45.8% |
| 2013 | 17,727 ha | +23.1% |
| 2014 | 17,535 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 25,116 ha | +43.2% |
| 2016 | 26,114 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 23,481 ha | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 25,349 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 19,781 ha | -22.0% |
| 2020 | 28,793 ha | +45.6% |
| 2021 | 9,574 ha | -66.7% |
| 2022 | 7,916 ha | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 8,095 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 8,523 ha | +5.3% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 8,523 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 21,875 ha, 39% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 8,523 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 55% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -66.7% | 28,793 ha | 9,574 ha |
| 2012 | +45.8% | 9,872 ha | 14,397 ha |
| 2020 | +45.6% | 19,781 ha | 28,793 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,056 ha | 19,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,700 ha | 18,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,140 ha | 19,000 ha | 25,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,425 ha | 16,400 ha | 26,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,671 ha | 11,500 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,013 ha | 9,872 ha | 26,114 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,580 ha | 7,916 ha | 28,793 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 taro — area harvested in Burundi?
- Taro — area harvested in Burundi was 8,523 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 28,793 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,916 ha in 2022.
- How does Burundi rank for taro — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 17th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Area harvested. 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.