Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 3,139 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Rwanda, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 3,139 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 4,878 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 350 ha, in 2000.
That places Rwanda 81st out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 350 ha | — |
| 2001 | 470 ha | +34.3% |
| 2002 | 600 ha | +27.7% |
| 2003 | 730 ha | +21.7% |
| 2004 | 800 ha | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 1,600 ha | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 1,900 ha | +18.8% |
| 2007 | 2,130 ha | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 2,797 ha | +31.3% |
| 2009 | 4,150 ha | +48.4% |
| 2010 | 4,878 ha | +17.5% |
| 2011 | 4,328 ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 4,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 4,197 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 3,557 ha | -15.2% |
| 2015 | 3,485 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 3,311 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 3,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 3,265 ha | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 3,154 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 3,073 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 3,164 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 3,130 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 3,122 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,139 ha | +0.5% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 3,139 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 7,542 ha, 42% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 3,139 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 48% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +100.0% | 800 ha | 1,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,553 ha | 350 ha | 4,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,748 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,878 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,126 ha | 3,073 ha | 3,164 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 78 Trinidad and Tobago 3,629 ha compare
- 79 Togo 3,223 ha compare
- 80 Malaysia 3,166 ha compare
- 82 Afghanistan 3,084 ha compare
- 83 Cyprus 2,830 ha compare
- 84 New Zealand 2,549 ha compare
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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Rwanda was 3,139 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 4,878 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 ha in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 81st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.