Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 93,511 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 93,511 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 180,000 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 14,468 ha, in 1964.
Rwanda ranks 37th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,019 ha | 14,468 ha | 46,513 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,099 ha | 28,713 ha | 39,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,769 ha | 44,807 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,876 ha | 60,000 ha | 180,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,262 ha | 115,694 ha | 142,881 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 81,739 ha | 68,852 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,005 ha | 87,669 ha | 94,811 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture share gdp 20.3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 20.3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
- Rural population 69.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 10.07 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.44 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Rwanda was 93,511 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 180,000 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,468 ha in 1964.
- How does Rwanda rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 37th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.