Cassava, fresh — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 13,916 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Rwanda is 13,916 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Rwanda peaked at 16,400 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 1,178 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Rwanda 38th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,952 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 4,493 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1964 | 12,026 kg/ha | +167.6% |
| 1965 | 12,020 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,005 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 8,973 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 12,003 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,221 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 12,523 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 12,314 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 11,978 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 11,982 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 9,356 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1979 | 16,400 kg/ha | +75.3% |
| 1980 | 11,914 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1981 | 11,982 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 12,943 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 11,000 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1984 | 10,518 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 10,399 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 9,546 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 9,390 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 4,944 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 1989 | 4,436 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1990 | 2,013 kg/ha | -54.6% |
| 1991 | 2,640 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1992 | 2,610 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 2,425 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 1,178 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 1995 | 2,467 kg/ha | +109.4% |
| 1996 | 2,758 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 2,470 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 2,466 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,675 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 6,815 kg/ha | +154.8% |
| 2001 | 5,791 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 7,904 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 2003 | 7,478 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 5,720 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2005 | 6,756 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 6,438 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 5,455 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 4,870 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 6,831 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2010 | 13,960 kg/ha | +104.4% |
| 2011 | 13,986 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 13,857 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 13,544 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 13,075 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 11,152 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 10,124 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 8,683 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 12,237 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 2019 | 14,478 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2020 | 14,596 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 14,646 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 14,643 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 14,190 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 13,916 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 13,916 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 9,533 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 13,916 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +167.6% | 4,493 kg/ha | 12,026 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +154.8% | 2,675 kg/ha | 6,815 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +109.4% | 1,178 kg/ha | 2,467 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +104.4% | 6,831 kg/ha | 13,960 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,830 kg/ha | 4,493 kg/ha | 12,026 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,278 kg/ha | 9,356 kg/ha | 16,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,707 kg/ha | 4,436 kg/ha | 12,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,370 kg/ha | 1,178 kg/ha | 2,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,406 kg/ha | 4,870 kg/ha | 7,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,510 kg/ha | 8,683 kg/ha | 14,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,398 kg/ha | 13,916 kg/ha | 14,646 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Rwanda?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Rwanda was 13,916 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 16,400 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,178 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 38th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.