Cereal yield (kg per hectare) in Rwanda
Rwanda: Cereal yield (kg per hectare) was 1,784 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 1,784 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Rwanda peaked at 2,129 kg per hectare in 2013 and was at its lowest, 824.8 kg per hectare, in 1999.
Rwanda ranks 131st of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 854 kg per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 1,359 kg per hectare | +59.1% |
| 1963 | 1,438 kg per hectare | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 1,362 kg per hectare | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 1,454 kg per hectare | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 1,070 kg per hectare | -26.4% |
| 1967 | 1,067 kg per hectare | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 958.6 kg per hectare | -10.2% |
| 1969 | 995.1 kg per hectare | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 1,122 kg per hectare | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 1,074 kg per hectare | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 1,067 kg per hectare | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 1,049 kg per hectare | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 936 kg per hectare | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 1,075 kg per hectare | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 1,097 kg per hectare | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 1,110 kg per hectare | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 1,114 kg per hectare | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 1,086 kg per hectare | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 1,212 kg per hectare | +11.6% |
| 1981 | 1,105 kg per hectare | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 1,199 kg per hectare | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 1,158 kg per hectare | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 1,066 kg per hectare | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 1,226 kg per hectare | +15.1% |
| 1986 | 1,244 kg per hectare | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 1,283 kg per hectare | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 1,216 kg per hectare | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 1,155 kg per hectare | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 1,043 kg per hectare | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 1,237 kg per hectare | +18.7% |
| 1992 | 951.1 kg per hectare | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 1,446 kg per hectare | +52.0% |
| 1994 | 1,029 kg per hectare | -28.9% |
| 1995 | 1,140 kg per hectare | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 1,263 kg per hectare | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 1,129 kg per hectare | -10.6% |
| 1998 | 972.6 kg per hectare | -13.9% |
| 1999 | 824.8 kg per hectare | -15.2% |
| 2000 | 848.3 kg per hectare | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 913 kg per hectare | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 1,028 kg per hectare | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 941.9 kg per hectare | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 959.3 kg per hectare | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,184 kg per hectare | +23.4% |
| 2006 | 1,138 kg per hectare | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1,015 kg per hectare | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 1,266 kg per hectare | +24.8% |
| 2009 | 1,734 kg per hectare | +36.9% |
| 2010 | 1,966 kg per hectare | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 2,089 kg per hectare | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 2,114 kg per hectare | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,129 kg per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,408 kg per hectare | -33.9% |
| 2015 | 1,429 kg per hectare | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,447 kg per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,387 kg per hectare | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 1,441 kg per hectare | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 1,443 kg per hectare | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,474 kg per hectare | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 1,519 kg per hectare | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,511 kg per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,605 kg per hectare | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 1,784 kg per hectare | +11.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 1,784 kg per hectare is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,163 kg per hectare, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 1,784 kg per hectare is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg per hectare, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal yield (kg per hectare) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +59.1% | 854 kg per hectare | 1,359 kg per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,173 kg per hectare | 854 kg per hectare | 1,454 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,073 kg per hectare | 936 kg per hectare | 1,122 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,186 kg per hectare | 1,066 kg per hectare | 1,283 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,103 kg per hectare | 824.8 kg per hectare | 1,446 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,103 kg per hectare | 848.3 kg per hectare | 1,734 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,685 kg per hectare | 1,387 kg per hectare | 2,129 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,578 kg per hectare | 1,474 kg per hectare | 1,784 kg per hectare | 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Rwanda?
- Cereal yield in Rwanda was 1,784 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,129 kg per hectare in 2013.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 824.8 kg per hectare in 1999.
- How does Rwanda rank for cereal yield?
- Rwanda ranks 131st out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.