Coffee, green — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 15,432 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 15,432 ha for coffee, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.7% on the previous year and down 72.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 64,086 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1994.
That places Rwanda 31st out of 75 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.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,190 ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 17,550 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 17,710 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 18,700 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 18,888 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 19,650 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 21,430 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 23,234 ha | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 23,934 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 25,285 ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 26,902 ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 27,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 28,672 ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 28,842 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 30,819 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 31,932 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 32,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 42,000 ha | +29.6% |
| 1980 | 38,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 49,000 ha | +28.9% |
| 1982 | 45,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1983 | 37,300 ha | -17.1% |
| 1984 | 33,713 ha | -9.6% |
| 1985 | 39,025 ha | +15.8% |
| 1986 | 47,570 ha | +21.9% |
| 1987 | 50,200 ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 53,700 ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 54,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 55,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 57,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 64,086 ha | +12.4% |
| 1993 | 53,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | -95.3% |
| 1995 | 37,000 ha | +1380.0% |
| 1996 | 25,000 ha | -32.4% |
| 1997 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 26,728 ha | +27.3% |
| 2000 | 23,000 ha | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 26,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 20,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 2004 | 29,000 ha | +45.0% |
| 2005 | 29,625 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 30,750 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 31,875 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 42,900 ha | +34.6% |
| 2009 | 28,828 ha | -32.8% |
| 2010 | 33,977 ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 37,377 ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 41,762 ha | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 52,030 ha | +24.6% |
| 2014 | 55,030 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 35,500 ha | -35.5% |
| 2016 | 29,964 ha | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 29,558 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 23,412 ha | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 21,793 ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 19,460 ha | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 18,220 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 39,500 ha | +116.8% |
| 2023 | 20,219 ha | -48.8% |
| 2024 | 15,432 ha | -23.7% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 15,432 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 15,432 ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 15,432 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 2.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +1380.0% | 2,500 ha | 37,000 ha |
| 2022 | +116.8% | 18,220 ha | 39,500 ha |
| 1994 | -95.3% | 53,000 ha | 2,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,150 ha | 17,190 ha | 23,234 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,779 ha | 23,934 ha | 42,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,791 ha | 33,713 ha | 54,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,331 ha | 2,500 ha | 64,086 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,998 ha | 20,000 ha | 42,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,040 ha | 21,793 ha | 55,030 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,566 ha | 15,432 ha | 39,500 ha | 5 |
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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 coffee, green — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Rwanda was 15,432 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 64,086 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 31st out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.0%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.