Maize (corn) — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,834 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 1,834 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Rwanda peaked at 2,353 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 701.8 kg/ha, in 2000.
Rwanda ranks 129th of 178 countries on this measure, 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 | 1,190 kg/ha | 748.3 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,069 kg/ha | 990.7 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,289 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,172 kg/ha | 755.6 kg/ha | 1,740 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 944.33 kg/ha | 701.8 kg/ha | 1,950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,815 kg/ha | 1,379 kg/ha | 2,353 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,600 kg/ha | 1,522 kg/ha | 1,834 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 126 Cuba 1,913 kg/ha compare
- 127 Costa Rica 1,898 kg/ha compare
- 128 Honduras 1,896 kg/ha compare
- 130 Cameroon 1,833 kg/ha compare
- 131 Madagascar 1,833 kg/ha compare
- 132 United Republic of Tanzania 1,756 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 maize (corn) — yield in Rwanda?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Rwanda was 1,834 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,353 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 701.8 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 129th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.