Yams — Area harvested in Burundi
Burundi: Yams — Area harvested was 73 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Burundi stood at 73 ha.
That represents a change of up 82.5% on the previous year and down 86.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Burundi peaked at 2,200 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 19 ha, in 2020.
That places Burundi 49th out of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Burundi, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1979 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,320 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 1,441 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 1,403 ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,421 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,418 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,405 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,900 ha | +35.2% |
| 1998 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,200 ha | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 1,600 ha | -27.3% |
| 2001 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,611 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 1,566 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 1,522 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 1,468 ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 1,332 ha | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 1,282 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 1,233 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 1,194 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 1,153 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 699 ha | -39.4% |
| 2013 | 504 ha | -27.9% |
| 2014 | 543 ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 454 ha | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 368 ha | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 715 ha | +94.3% |
| 2018 | 809 ha | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 392 ha | -51.5% |
| 2020 | 19 ha | -95.2% |
| 2021 | 29 ha | +52.6% |
| 2022 | 23 ha | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 40 ha | +73.9% |
| 2024 | 73 ha | +82.5% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 73 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,534 ha, 1% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 73 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 1% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -95.2% | 392 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | +94.3% | 368 ha | 715 ha |
| 2024 | +82.5% | 40 ha | 73 ha |
| 2023 | +73.9% | 23 ha | 40 ha |
| 2021 | +52.6% | 19 ha | 29 ha |
| 2019 | -51.5% | 809 ha | 392 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,050 ha | 900 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,160 ha | 900 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,581 ha | 1,320 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,501 ha | 1,233 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 683.1 ha | 368 ha | 1,194 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.8 ha | 19 ha | 73 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 yams — area harvested in Burundi?
- Yams — area harvested in Burundi was 73 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,200 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 ha in 2020.
- How does Burundi rank for yams — area harvested?
- Burundi ranks 49th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Area harvested. 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.