What is the difference in rice yields between Benin and Rwanda?

0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.

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

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 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 Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Benin vs Rwanda: Rice yields

Benin

3.9 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Rwanda

4.11 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Benin rank

63rd

Rwanda rank

60th

Rice yields over time

Benin
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 4.11 tonnes per hectare against 3.9 tonnes per hectare in Benin, a difference of 0.21 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Rwanda ahead.

Benin ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 60th of 124 countries.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.8202 tonnes per hectare	2.19 tonnes per hectare	1.37 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1970s	1.57 tonnes per hectare	2.52 tonnes per hectare	0.9561 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1980s	1.17 tonnes per hectare	2.68 tonnes per hectare	1.51 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1990s	1.64 tonnes per hectare	2.52 tonnes per hectare	0.8801 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
2000s	2.61 tonnes per hectare	3.97 tonnes per hectare	1.36 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
2010s	3.38 tonnes per hectare	4.23 tonnes per hectare	0.8513 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
2020s	3.91 tonnes per hectare	4.1 tonnes per hectare	0.1856 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice yields, Benin or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 4.11 tonnes per hectare against 3.9 tonnes per hectare in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice yields between Benin and Rwanda?: 0.21 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Rwanda?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Benin and Rwanda rank globally for rice yields?: Benin ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 60th of 124 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 Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rice yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
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: 124 places, 7,162 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.