Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 782 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Rwanda, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 782 ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 786 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 220 ha, in 2000.
That places Rwanda 25th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 220 ha | — |
| 2001 | 270 ha | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 310 ha | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 360 ha | +16.1% |
| 2004 | 400 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 490 ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 530 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 577 ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 580 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 625 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 630 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 642 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 666 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 692 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 729 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 698 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 705 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 726 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 742 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 650 ha | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 737 ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 786 ha | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 782 ha | -0.5% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 782 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 7,274 ha, 11% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 782 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,236 ha, 63% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 418.7 ha | 220 ha | 580 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 671.3 ha | 600 ha | 729 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 739.4 ha | 650 ha | 786 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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Rwanda was 782 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 786 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 220 ha in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 25th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.