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

0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar 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.

Myanmar vs Rwanda: Rice yields

Myanmar

3.94 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Rwanda

4.11 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Myanmar rank

62nd

Rwanda rank

60th

Rice yields over time

Myanmar
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 4.11 tonnes per hectare against 3.94 tonnes per hectare in Myanmar, a difference of 0.17 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Rwanda ahead.

Myanmar ranks 62nd and Rwanda ranks 60th of 124 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Myanmar	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.68 tonnes per hectare	2.19 tonnes per hectare	0.513 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1970s	1.87 tonnes per hectare	2.52 tonnes per hectare	0.6552 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
1980s	3 tonnes per hectare	2.68 tonnes per hectare	0.3153 tonnes per hectare	Myanmar
1990s	3.05 tonnes per hectare	2.52 tonnes per hectare	0.5289 tonnes per hectare	Myanmar
2000s	3.7 tonnes per hectare	3.97 tonnes per hectare	0.2678 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
2010s	3.89 tonnes per hectare	4.23 tonnes per hectare	0.3352 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda
2020s	3.93 tonnes per hectare	4.1 tonnes per hectare	0.1706 tonnes per hectare	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice yields, Myanmar or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 4.11 tonnes per hectare against 3.94 tonnes per hectare in Myanmar as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice yields between Myanmar and Rwanda?: 0.17 tonnes per hectare, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Rwanda?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Myanmar and Rwanda rank globally for rice yields?: Myanmar ranks 62nd 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.