Cereals, primary — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,784 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 1,784 kg/ha for cereals, primary — 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, cereals, primary — yield in Rwanda peaked at 2,129 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 824.8 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Rwanda 138th out of 193 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,173 kg/ha | 854 kg/ha | 1,454 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,073 kg/ha | 936 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,186 kg/ha | 1,066 kg/ha | 1,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,103 kg/ha | 824.8 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,103 kg/ha | 848.3 kg/ha | 1,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,685 kg/ha | 1,387 kg/ha | 2,129 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,578 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 1,784 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 135 Malawi 1,878 kg/ha compare
- 136 United Republic of Tanzania 1,872 kg/ha compare
- 137 Solomon Islands 1,866 kg/ha compare
- 139 Cameroon 1,770 kg/ha compare
- 140 Comoros 1,718 kg/ha compare
- 141 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,716 kg/ha compare
- 141 Micronesia 1,716 kg/ha compare
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 cereals, primary — yield in Rwanda?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Rwanda was 1,784 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,129 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 824.8 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Rwanda rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 138th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.