Which has higher wheat production, Burundi or Rwanda?

Rwanda, at 16,417 tonnes against 8,365 tonnes in Burundi as of 2024.

What is the difference in wheat production between Burundi and Rwanda?

8,052 tonnes, with Rwanda ahead.

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

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 Wheat production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Rwanda: Wheat production

Burundi

8,365 tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda

16,417 tonnes

in 2024

Burundi rank

101st

Rwanda rank

98th

Wheat production over time

Burundi
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 16,417 tonnes against 8,365 tonnes in Burundi, a difference of 8,052 tonnes.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.0 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 101st and Rwanda ranks 98th of 126 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 4 and Rwanda in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	7,146 tonnes	773.44 tonnes	6,373 tonnes	Burundi
1970s	4,804 tonnes	2,559 tonnes	2,245 tonnes	Burundi
1980s	7,340 tonnes	4,770 tonnes	2,570 tonnes	Burundi
1990s	8,753 tonnes	7,296 tonnes	1,457 tonnes	Burundi
2000s	7,907 tonnes	13,658 tonnes	5,752 tonnes	Rwanda
2010s	8,541 tonnes	9,958 tonnes	1,417 tonnes	Rwanda
2020s	8,063 tonnes	14,689 tonnes	6,626 tonnes	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher wheat production, Burundi or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 16,417 tonnes against 8,365 tonnes in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in wheat production between Burundi and Rwanda?: 8,052 tonnes, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Rwanda?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Rwanda rank globally for wheat production?: Burundi ranks 101st and Rwanda ranks 98th of 126 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 Wheat production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Wheat 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: 126 places, 7,044 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Wheat production is measured in tonnes.