Botswana vs Rwanda: Yields of key staple crops

Botswana

1.14 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Rwanda

1.27 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Botswana rank

113th

Rwanda rank

110th

Yields of key staple crops over time

Rwanda currently reports 1.27 tonnes per hectare against 1.14 tonnes per hectare in Botswana, a difference of 0.1272 tonnes per hectare.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 113th and Rwanda ranks 110th of 125 countries.

Indicator: Yields of key staple crops
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: 126 places, 6,889 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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