Yields of key staple crops in Burundi
Burundi: Yields of key staple crops was 0.7304 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7304 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
120th
of 126 countries
All-time high
1.41 tonnes per hectare
in 2018
All-time low
0.3861 tonnes per hectare
in 2016
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Yields of key staple crops in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yields of key staple crops in Burundi is 0.7304 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Burundi peaked at 1.41 tonnes per hectare in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3861 tonnes per hectare, in 2016.
That places Burundi 120th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yields of key staple crops in Burundi, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4444 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.7143 tonnes per hectare | +60.7% |
| 1963 | 0.6981 tonnes per hectare | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 0.6491 tonnes per hectare | -7.0% |
| 1965 | 0.6721 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 0.6774 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.6885 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.784 tonnes per hectare | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 0.5461 tonnes per hectare | -30.3% |
| 1970 | 0.5805 tonnes per hectare | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 0.6157 tonnes per hectare | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5411 tonnes per hectare | -12.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7069 tonnes per hectare | +30.6% |
| 1974 | 0.5212 tonnes per hectare | -26.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6466 tonnes per hectare | +24.1% |
| 1976 | 0.7624 tonnes per hectare | +17.9% |
| 1977 | 0.8 tonnes per hectare | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 0.5484 tonnes per hectare | -31.5% |
| 1979 | 0.7667 tonnes per hectare | +39.8% |
| 1980 | 0.6656 tonnes per hectare | -13.2% |
| 1981 | 0.6305 tonnes per hectare | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 0.6 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 0.6 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8889 tonnes per hectare | +48.2% |
| 1985 | 0.482 tonnes per hectare | -45.8% |
| 1986 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | +124.8% |
| 1987 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 0.7378 tonnes per hectare | -33.4% |
| 1989 | 0.8177 tonnes per hectare | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7478 tonnes per hectare | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 0.7333 tonnes per hectare | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.712 tonnes per hectare | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7787 tonnes per hectare | +9.4% |
| 1994 | 0.8824 tonnes per hectare | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 0.744 tonnes per hectare | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7755 tonnes per hectare | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.7774 tonnes per hectare | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.8148 tonnes per hectare | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 0.7085 tonnes per hectare | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6774 tonnes per hectare | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8667 tonnes per hectare | +27.9% |
| 2002 | 0.829 tonnes per hectare | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7895 tonnes per hectare | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8326 tonnes per hectare | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7387 tonnes per hectare | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8007 tonnes per hectare | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8407 tonnes per hectare | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8431 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8583 tonnes per hectare | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7317 tonnes per hectare | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6973 tonnes per hectare | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4448 tonnes per hectare | -36.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7276 tonnes per hectare | +63.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5763 tonnes per hectare | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 0.6833 tonnes per hectare | +18.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3861 tonnes per hectare | -43.5% |
| 2017 | 0.3982 tonnes per hectare | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | +253.9% |
| 2019 | 0.6402 tonnes per hectare | -54.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7119 tonnes per hectare | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7226 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.734 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7322 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7304 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 0.7304 tonnes per hectare is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.58 tonnes per hectare, 46% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 0.7304 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.67 tonnes per hectare, 44% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yields of key staple crops 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% | 0.3982 tonnes per hectare | 1.41 tonnes per hectare |
| 1986 | +124.8% | 0.482 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6527 tonnes per hectare | 0.4444 tonnes per hectare | 0.784 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6489 tonnes per hectare | 0.5212 tonnes per hectare | 0.8 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7614 tonnes per hectare | 0.482 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7674 tonnes per hectare | 0.7085 tonnes per hectare | 0.8824 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8077 tonnes per hectare | 0.6774 tonnes per hectare | 0.8667 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6695 tonnes per hectare | 0.3861 tonnes per hectare | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7262 tonnes per hectare | 0.7119 tonnes per hectare | 0.734 tonnes per hectare | 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 yields of key staple crops in Burundi?
- Yields of key staple crops in Burundi was 0.7304 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3861 tonnes per hectare in 2016.
- How does Burundi rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Burundi ranks 120th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.