Millet — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Millet — Area harvested was 2,424 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 2,424 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 12,875 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 940 ha, in 1987.
That places Rwanda 61st out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,190 ha | +29.8% |
| 1963 | 3,200 ha | -38.3% |
| 1964 | 2,099 ha | -34.4% |
| 1965 | 3,735 ha | +77.9% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | -19.7% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1968 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 2,700 ha | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 3,012 ha | +11.6% |
| 1971 | 4,200 ha | +39.4% |
| 1972 | 4,210 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 4,276 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 3,227 ha | -24.5% |
| 1975 | 4,817 ha | +49.3% |
| 1976 | 4,963 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 5,176 ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 4,633 ha | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 3,875 ha | -16.4% |
| 1980 | 4,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 3,591 ha | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 2,765 ha | -23.0% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | -38.5% |
| 1984 | 2,100 ha | +23.5% |
| 1985 | 1,100 ha | -47.6% |
| 1986 | 1,160 ha | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 940 ha | -19.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +112.8% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 1992 | 1,215 ha | -39.2% |
| 1993 | 1,023 ha | -15.8% |
| 1994 | 1,242 ha | +21.4% |
| 1995 | 1,496 ha | +20.5% |
| 1996 | 2,237 ha | +49.5% |
| 1997 | 3,000 ha | +34.1% |
| 1998 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2000 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,982 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 5,029 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 5,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2013 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 11,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8,094 ha | -26.4% |
| 2019 | 11,000 ha | +35.9% |
| 2020 | 4,504 ha | -59.1% |
| 2021 | 4,422 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 12,875 ha | +191.2% |
| 2023 | 2,606 ha | -79.8% |
| 2024 | 2,424 ha | -7.0% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 2,424 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 4% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 2,424 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 3% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +200.0% | 2,000 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 2022 | +191.2% | 4,422 ha | 12,875 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,080 ha | 1,800 ha | 5,190 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,239 ha | 3,012 ha | 5,176 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,146 ha | 940 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,721 ha | 1,023 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,001 ha | 4,982 ha | 5,029 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,009 ha | 5,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,366 ha | 2,424 ha | 12,875 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
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- 63 Czechoslovakia 1,700 ha compare
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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 millet — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Millet — area harvested in Rwanda was 2,424 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 12,875 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 940 ha in 1987.
- How does Rwanda rank for millet — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 61st out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.0%. 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 Millet — 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.