Wheat — Production in Burundi
Burundi: Wheat — Production was 8,365 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production in Burundi is 8,365 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and up 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Burundi peaked at 22,751 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,742 t, in 1978.
Burundi ranks 107th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,146 t | 4,000 t | 9,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,804 t | 2,742 t | 6,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,340 t | 5,600 t | 8,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,753 t | 7,085 t | 9,778 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,907 t | 6,097 t | 8,667 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,541 t | 4,196 t | 22,751 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,063 t | 4,078 t | 9,608 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 104 Rwanda 16,417 t compare
- 105 Oman 11,740 t compare
- 106 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
- 108 Ecuador 7,323 t compare
- 109 Niger 6,803 t compare
- 110 China, Taiwan Province of 5,000 t compare
- 110 Mozambique 5,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burundi
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2023)
- Rural population 74.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 10.69 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.21 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Burundi?
- Wheat — production in Burundi was 8,365 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 22,751 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,742 t in 1978.
- How does Burundi rank for wheat — production?
- Burundi ranks 107th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.6%. 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 Wheat — Production. 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.