What is the difference in cassava production between Burundi and Sierra Leone?

179,660 tonnes, with Sierra Leone ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sierra Leone?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cassava production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Sierra Leone: Cassava production

Burundi

2.68 million tonnes

in 2024

Sierra Leone

2.86 million tonnes

in 2024

Burundi rank

23rd

Sierra Leone rank

22nd

Cassava production over time

Burundi
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.86 million tonnes against 2.68 million tonnes in Burundi, a difference of 179,660 tonnes.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 23rd and Sierra Leone ranks 22nd of 101 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 5 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1960s	386,667 tonnes	65,981 tonnes	320,685 tonnes	Burundi
1970s	388,688 tonnes	84,990 tonnes	303,698 tonnes	Burundi
1980s	502,780 tonnes	106,830 tonnes	395,950 tonnes	Burundi
1990s	575,567 tonnes	243,390 tonnes	332,177 tonnes	Burundi
2000s	653,674 tonnes	1.40 million tonnes	750,260 tonnes	Sierra Leone
2010s	1.91 million tonnes	2.89 million tonnes	987,050 tonnes	Sierra Leone
2020s	2.75 million tonnes	2.63 million tonnes	122,082 tonnes	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cassava production, Burundi or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, at 2.86 million tonnes against 2.68 million tonnes in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in cassava production between Burundi and Sierra Leone?: 179,660 tonnes, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sierra Leone?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Sierra Leone rank globally for cassava production?: Burundi ranks 23rd and Sierra Leone ranks 22nd of 101 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cassava production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cassava production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 101 places, 6,196 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Cassava production is measured in tonnes.