Taro — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Taro — Yield was 8,213 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 8,213 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Burundi peaked at 8,213 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,114 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places Burundi 24th out of 52 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.
Taro — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,872 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 5,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,850 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 4,810 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 4,915 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 4,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,025 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 4,467 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 5,075 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1976 | 4,919 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,105 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,900 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 4,905 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 5,091 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 5,083 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 5,120 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 5,032 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 5,051 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 5,185 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 5,094 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 5,058 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 4,680 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 4,637 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 4,623 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 4,577 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 4,630 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 4,742 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 4,485 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 4,552 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 4,608 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 4,145 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 4,114 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,192 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 4,161 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 4,152 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 4,667 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 5,093 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 5,471 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 5,906 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 6,458 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 7,682 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2014 | 6,581 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 6,692 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 6,608 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 6,967 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 7,162 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 7,361 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 7,554 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 7,698 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 7,889 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 8,051 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 8,213 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 8,213 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 6,535 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 8,213 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,621 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,969 kg/ha | 4,850 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,923 kg/ha | 4,467 kg/ha | 5,105 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,013 kg/ha | 4,900 kg/ha | 5,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,828 kg/ha | 4,577 kg/ha | 5,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,417 kg/ha | 4,114 kg/ha | 5,093 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,689 kg/ha | 5,471 kg/ha | 7,682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,881 kg/ha | 7,554 kg/ha | 8,213 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 1,194 kg/ha compare
- 21 Liberia 9,211 kg/ha compare
- 22 Republic of Korea 9,091 kg/ha compare
- 23 Panama 8,767 kg/ha compare
- 25 Comoros 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 26 Papua New Guinea 7,860 kg/ha compare
- 27 Cameroon 7,771 kg/ha 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 taro — yield in Burundi?
- Taro — yield in Burundi was 8,213 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 8,213 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,114 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Burundi rank for taro — yield?
- Burundi ranks 24th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. 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 Taro — 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.