Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda
Rwanda: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0142 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda stood at 0.0142 ha per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda peaked at 0.0716 ha per person in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.01 ha per person, in 2018.
That places Rwanda 3rd out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0319 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0461 ha per person | +44.8% |
| 1963 | 0.027 ha per person | -41.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0283 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0293 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0344 ha per person | +17.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0358 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0359 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0354 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0377 ha per person | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0372 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0362 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0359 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0405 ha per person | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0413 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0422 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0426 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0401 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0382 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 0.042 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0439 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0436 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0418 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0415 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0401 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0368 ha per person | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0303 ha per person | -17.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0459 ha per person | +51.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0568 ha per person | +23.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0543 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0638 ha per person | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0716 ha per person | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0413 ha per person | -42.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0339 ha per person | -18.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0546 ha per person | +61.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0484 ha per person | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0451 ha per person | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0501 ha per person | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0504 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0439 ha per person | -12.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0438 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0427 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0419 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0412 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0399 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0394 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0398 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0377 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0343 ha per person | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0323 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0328 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0322 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0206 ha per person | -36.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0155 ha per person | -24.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0146 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0127 ha per person | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0116 ha per person | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 0.01 ha per person | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0123 ha per person | +22.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0137 ha per person | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 0.014 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.014 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.014 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0142 ha per person | +1.2% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 0.0142 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.002 ha per person, 7.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 0.0142 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0016 ha per person, 9.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +61.3% | 0.0339 ha per person | 0.0546 ha per person |
| 1988 | +51.6% | 0.0303 ha per person | 0.0459 ha per person |
| 1962 | +44.8% | 0.0319 ha per person | 0.0461 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0338 ha per person | 0.027 ha per person | 0.0461 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0392 ha per person | 0.0359 ha per person | 0.0426 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0423 ha per person | 0.0303 ha per person | 0.0568 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0514 ha per person | 0.0339 ha per person | 0.0716 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0405 ha per person | 0.0343 ha per person | 0.0439 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0195 ha per person | 0.01 ha per person | 0.0328 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.014 ha per person | 0.0137 ha per person | 0.0142 ha per person | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda?
- Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda was 0.0142 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0716 ha per person in 1992.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 ha per person in 2018.
- How does Rwanda rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 3rd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.