Agricultural land in Burundi

Agricultural land made up 74.2% of the land area of Burundi in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2024 74.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 −2.3percentage points 2023: 76.5%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Burundi (2024).
Position in 2024 14th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Burundi over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period BurundiWorld
2024 74.2% –
2023 76.5% 36.9%
2022 80.0% 37.0%
2021 80.0% 37.0%
2020 79.0% 36.9%
2019 78.1% 36.9%
2018 77.0% 36.9%
2017 76.0% 37.0%
2016 74.9% 36.8%
2015 73.9% 36.8%
2014 72.8% 37.0%
2013 71.8% 37.0%
2012 70.7% 37.0%
2011 71.7% 36.7%
2010 71.1% 36.5%
2009 71.0% 36.5%
2008 70.9% 36.5%
2007 70.7% 36.6%
2006 70.6% 36.6%
2005 70.8% 36.6%
2004 72.4% 36.6%
2003 72.6% 37.0%
2002 72.5% 37.1%
2001 73.2% 37.2%
2000 72.8% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 76.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 72.8%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Burundi has the 14th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Burundi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)