Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested was 14,956 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Rwanda stood at 14,956 ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 15,350 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,700 ha, in 2009.
That places Rwanda 2nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,624 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 5,032 ha | +38.9% |
| 2002 | 5,849 ha | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 7,348 ha | +25.6% |
| 2004 | 8,600 ha | +17.0% |
| 2005 | 10,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 11,500 ha | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 12,200 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 12,480 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 2,700 ha | -78.4% |
| 2010 | 10,777 ha | +299.1% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | +29.9% |
| 2012 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 14,236 ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 14,132 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 15,069 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 14,479 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 14,560 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 14,702 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 14,580 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 15,350 ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 14,878 ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 14,936 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 15,054 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 14,956 ha | -0.7% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 14,956 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 246 ha, 60.8× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,933 ha | 2,700 ha | 12,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,154 ha | 10,777 ha | 15,069 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,035 ha | 14,878 ha | 15,350 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 leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested in Rwanda was 14,956 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 15,350 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 2009.
- How does Rwanda rank for leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 2nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables — Area harvested. 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.