Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 106.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 106.3 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 13.9% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Rwanda peaked at 271.6 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 93.3 kg/ha, in 2023.
Rwanda ranks 181st of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 197.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 154.2 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1963 | 162.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 124.3 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1965 | 165.4 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1966 | 217.1 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1967 | 222.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 192.4 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1969 | 226.1 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1970 | 246.4 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 248.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 248.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 244.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 182.1 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1975 | 258.8 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 1976 | 242 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1977 | 243.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 248.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 246.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 224.2 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 243.7 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 271.6 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 229.1 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1984 | 194.8 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1985 | 207.7 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 205 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 200.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 198.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 180.2 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1990 | 158.7 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1991 | 152.6 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 156.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 157.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 170.6 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 189.5 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 155.1 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1997 | 115.5 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1998 | 129.9 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 113.8 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2000 | 107.3 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 131.6 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 131.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 126.2 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 117.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 125.5 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 129.6 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 150.9 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2008 | 152.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 161.4 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 157 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 157.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 130.6 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 144.3 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 96.2 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2015 | 99.8 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 101.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 106.4 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 112.1 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 113.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 108.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 109 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 108.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 93.3 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 106.3 kg/ha | +13.9% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 106.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 230.95 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 106.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 184.66 kg/ha | 124.3 kg/ha | 226.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 240.93 kg/ha | 182.1 kg/ha | 258.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 215.56 kg/ha | 180.2 kg/ha | 271.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 149.97 kg/ha | 113.8 kg/ha | 189.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133.38 kg/ha | 107.3 kg/ha | 161.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121.86 kg/ha | 96.2 kg/ha | 157.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 105.08 kg/ha | 93.3 kg/ha | 109 kg/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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Rwanda?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Rwanda was 106.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 271.6 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.3 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Rwanda rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 181st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.