Tea leaves — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 8,021 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Burundi stood at 8,021 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 12,029 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Burundi 18th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 50 ha | — |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +200.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 752 ha | +150.7% |
| 1972 | 907 ha | +20.6% |
| 1973 | 1,064 ha | +17.3% |
| 1974 | 1,169 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 1,914 ha | +63.7% |
| 1976 | 2,090 ha | +9.2% |
| 1977 | 2,766 ha | +32.3% |
| 1978 | 3,101 ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 3,650 ha | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 3,729 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 4,034 ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 4,549 ha | +12.8% |
| 1984 | 4,796 ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 4,857 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 4,872 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 4,872 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,680 ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 4,819 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 5,218 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 6,020 ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 5,585 ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 6,133 ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 6,613 ha | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 7,163 ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 7,526 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 7,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7,906 ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 8,202 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 8,487 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 8,668 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 8,783 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 8,843 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 8,213 ha | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 8,213 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,213 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8,213 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8,213 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8,434 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 8,792 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 9,070 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 9,180 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 10,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 12,029 ha | +20.3% |
| 2017 | 8,883 ha | -26.2% |
| 2018 | 7,772 ha | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 8,389 ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 9,073 ha | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 8,657 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 8,202 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 7,857 ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 8,021 ha | +2.1% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 8,021 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 7,624 ha, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 8,021 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 1.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +200.0% | 50 ha | 150 ha |
| 1971 | +150.7% | 300 ha | 752 ha |
| 1975 | +63.7% | 1,169 ha | 1,914 ha |
| 1970 | +50.0% | 200 ha | 300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.44 ha | 0 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,726 ha | 300 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,486 ha | 3,650 ha | 4,872 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,676 ha | 5,218 ha | 7,526 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,374 ha | 7,906 ha | 8,843 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,076 ha | 7,772 ha | 12,029 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,362 ha | 7,857 ha | 9,073 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Burundi?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Burundi was 8,021 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 12,029 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Burundi rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 18th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — Area harvested. 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.