Bananas — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Bananas — Yield was 12,036 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Bananas — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Rwanda is 12,036 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Rwanda peaked at 14,147 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4,911 kg/ha, in 2001.
Rwanda ranks 79th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Bananas — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,970 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,012 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 9,991 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 10,960 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1965 | 12,000 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 9,974 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 12,000 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1968 | 12,007 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 11,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,325 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 9,104 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1975 | 9,110 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 9,089 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 9,108 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 9,560 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 10,212 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 9,186 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 9,560 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 9,554 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 9,565 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 8,110 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 9,558 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1986 | 9,413 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 11,202 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 7,501 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1989 | 7,396 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 6,932 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 6,444 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 6,450 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 6,473 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 6,474 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,458 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 6,477 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 6,426 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 6,478 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 7,061 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 6,137 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2001 | 4,911 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 7,760 kg/ha | +58.0% |
| 2003 | 6,688 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 6,796 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 7,178 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 7,244 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 7,068 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 7,038 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 8,666 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2010 | 8,233 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 8,823 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 9,219 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 9,709 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 10,252 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 10,991 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 12,529 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 12,331 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 14,147 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 11,753 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2020 | 11,353 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 11,427 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 11,515 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 11,794 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 12,036 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 12,036 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,046 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 12,036 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +58.0% | 4,911 kg/ha | 7,760 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,990 kg/ha | 9,970 kg/ha | 12,007 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,051 kg/ha | 9,089 kg/ha | 11,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,104 kg/ha | 7,396 kg/ha | 11,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,567 kg/ha | 6,426 kg/ha | 7,061 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,949 kg/ha | 4,911 kg/ha | 8,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,799 kg/ha | 8,233 kg/ha | 14,147 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,625 kg/ha | 11,353 kg/ha | 12,036 kg/ha | 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 — yield in Rwanda?
- Bananas — yield in Rwanda was 12,036 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 14,147 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,911 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Rwanda rank for bananas — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 79th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.