Wheat — Yield in Burundi
Burundi: Wheat — Yield was 730.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Burundi stood at 730.4 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Burundi peaked at 1,409 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 386.1 kg/ha, in 2016.
Burundi ranks 118th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Burundi, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 444.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 714.3 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1963 | 698.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 649.1 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1965 | 672.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 677.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 688.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 784 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 546.1 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1970 | 580.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 615.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 541.1 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1973 | 706.9 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1974 | 521.2 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1975 | 646.6 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1976 | 762.4 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1977 | 800 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 548.4 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1979 | 766.7 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1980 | 665.6 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1981 | 630.5 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 600 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 888.9 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 1985 | 482 kg/ha | -45.8% |
| 1986 | 1,083 kg/ha | +124.8% |
| 1987 | 1,108 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 737.8 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1989 | 817.7 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 747.8 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 733.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 712 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 778.7 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 882.4 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 744 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 775.5 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 777.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 814.8 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 708.5 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 677.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 866.7 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2002 | 829 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 789.5 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 832.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 738.7 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 800.7 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 840.7 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 843.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 858.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 731.7 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 697.3 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 444.8 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 2013 | 727.6 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 2014 | 576.3 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 683.3 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2016 | 386.1 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 2017 | 398.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 1,409 kg/ha | +253.9% |
| 2019 | 640.2 kg/ha | -54.6% |
| 2020 | 711.9 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 722.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 734 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 732.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 730.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 730.4 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 730.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +253.9% | 398.2 kg/ha | 1,409 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +124.8% | 482 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 652.67 kg/ha | 444.4 kg/ha | 784 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 648.95 kg/ha | 521.2 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 761.39 kg/ha | 482 kg/ha | 1,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 767.44 kg/ha | 708.5 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 807.67 kg/ha | 677.4 kg/ha | 866.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 669.47 kg/ha | 386.1 kg/ha | 1,409 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 726.22 kg/ha | 711.9 kg/ha | 734 kg/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 wheat — yield in Burundi?
- Wheat — yield in Burundi was 730.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1,409 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 386.1 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Burundi rank for wheat — yield?
- Burundi ranks 118th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. 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 — 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.