Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 5,249 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Rwanda, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 5,249 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.1% on the previous year and up 212.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 5,249 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 85 ha, in 2000.
That places Rwanda 45th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 85 ha | — |
| 2001 | 165 ha | +94.1% |
| 2002 | 330 ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 500 ha | +51.5% |
| 2004 | 670 ha | +34.0% |
| 2005 | 715 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +39.9% |
| 2007 | 1,150 ha | +15.0% |
| 2008 | 1,267 ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 1,300 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1,703 ha | +31.0% |
| 2011 | 1,741 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,600 ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 1,741 ha | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 1,682 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 1,595 ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 1,386 ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 2,355 ha | +69.9% |
| 2018 | 1,911 ha | -18.9% |
| 2019 | 2,276 ha | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 3,563 ha | +56.5% |
| 2021 | 3,207 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 3,365 ha | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 4,299 ha | +27.8% |
| 2024 | 5,249 ha | +22.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 5,249 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 2,473 ha, 2.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 5,249 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,334 ha, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 718.2 ha | 85 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,799 ha | 1,386 ha | 2,355 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,937 ha | 3,207 ha | 5,249 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Rwanda was 5,249 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 5,249 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 ha in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 45th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 212.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.