Yams — Production in Burundi
Burundi: Yams — Production was 944.62 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Yams — Production in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Burundi stood at 944.62 t.
That represents a change of up 86.9% on the previous year and down 81.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Burundi peaked at 12,762 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 221 t, in 2020.
That places Burundi 55th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,700 t | 5,700 t | 5,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,640 t | 4,800 t | 6,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,490 t | 5,000 t | 7,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,919 t | 7,600 t | 12,762 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,883 t | 9,628 t | 9,924 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,549 t | 3,770 t | 9,917 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 458.8 t | 221 t | 944.62 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 52 Martinique 1,800 t compare
- 53 Guyana 1,779 t compare
- 54 Nicaragua 1,000 t compare
- 56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 671 t compare
- 57 Barbados 331.93 t compare
- 58 Saint Lucia 300.85 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 yams — production in Burundi?
- Yams — production in Burundi was 944.62 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 12,762 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 221 t in 2020.
- How does Burundi rank for yams — production?
- Burundi ranks 55th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.