Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Burundi
Burundi: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0008 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested, per capita in Burundi is 0.0008 ha per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Burundi peaked at 0.0039 ha per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 ha per person, in 2020.
That places Burundi 85th out of 110 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0032 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0031 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0036 ha per person | +14.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0037 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0039 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0038 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0037 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0037 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0023 ha per person | -37.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0024 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0023 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0023 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.002 ha per person | -14.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0021 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0021 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0019 ha per person | -10.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0019 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0012 ha per person | -35.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0014 ha per person | +17.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0019 ha per person | +34.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0024 ha per person | +26.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0021 ha per person | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0018 ha per person | -12.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0033 ha per person | +80.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0014 ha per person | -56.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0021 ha per person | +48.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0019 ha per person | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0021 ha per person | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0021 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0021 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.002 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0016 ha per person | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 0.002 ha per person | +25.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0019 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0021 ha per person | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0019 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0016 ha per person | -18.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0014 ha per person | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0015 ha per person | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0015 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0015 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0012 ha per person | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0014 ha per person | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 ha per person | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0012 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0011 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0011 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0013 ha per person | +17.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0014 ha per person | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0009 ha per person | -35.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0008 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0009 ha per person | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0009 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0018 ha per person | +108.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0018 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0014 ha per person | -22.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0006 ha per person | -54.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0005 ha per person | -27.2% |
| 2021 | 0.001 ha per person | +118.5% |
| 2022 | 0.001 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0009 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0008 ha per person | -8.9% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 0.0008 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0006 ha per person, 1.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 0.0008 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0006 ha per person, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per capita 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 | +118.5% | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person |
| 2016 | +108.6% | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person |
| 1985 | +80.5% | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0034 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0039 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0024 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
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 wheat — area harvested, per capita in Burundi?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Burundi was 0.0008 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0039 ha per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 ha per person in 2020.
- How does Burundi rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Burundi ranks 85th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.