Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 469.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 469.4 kg/ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Rwanda peaked at 999.6 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 370 kg/ha, in 2014.
Rwanda ranks 105th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 772.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 567.4 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1963 | 573.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 423.8 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1965 | 584.7 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1966 | 750 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1967 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 648.6 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1969 | 800 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1970 | 900 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 900 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 900 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 898.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 655 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1975 | 962.6 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1976 | 917.4 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 952.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 911.3 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 935 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 895 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 927.1 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 999.6 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 890.1 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 735.6 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1985 | 767.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 767.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 764.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 750 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 597.6 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1990 | 888.8 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1991 | 700 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1992 | 705.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 727.3 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 578.6 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1995 | 638.5 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 656.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 509.2 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1998 | 693 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1999 | 636.2 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2000 | 522.3 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2001 | 652.5 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2002 | 655 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 611.5 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 571.1 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 630.8 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 556.9 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 583.6 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 549 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 666.1 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2010 | 698.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 645.9 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 563.9 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 596.6 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 370 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2015 | 417.3 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 432 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 454.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 537.4 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 445.4 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2020 | 454.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 455.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 450.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 456 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 469.4 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 469.4 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 469.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 652.26 kg/ha | 423.8 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 893.15 kg/ha | 655 kg/ha | 962.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 809.55 kg/ha | 597.6 kg/ha | 999.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 673.39 kg/ha | 509.2 kg/ha | 888.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 599.88 kg/ha | 522.3 kg/ha | 666.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 516.23 kg/ha | 370 kg/ha | 698.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 457.04 kg/ha | 450.5 kg/ha | 469.4 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Rwanda?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Rwanda was 469.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 999.6 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 370 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Rwanda rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 105th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.