Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 3,550 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Rwanda, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 3,550 kg/ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Rwanda peaked at 4,546 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 769 kg/ha, in 2009.
Rwanda ranks 10th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,546 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 4,444 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 4,516 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 4,444 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 4,500 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 4,444 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 4,490 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 4,528 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 4,506 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 769 kg/ha | -82.9% |
| 2010 | 4,167 kg/ha | +441.8% |
| 2011 | 4,400 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 4,444 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 3,915 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 3,804 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 3,734 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 3,478 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 3,595 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 3,602 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 3,558 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,531 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 3,571 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 3,610 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 3,580 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 3,550 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 3,550 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 747.4 kg/ha, 4.8× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 3,550 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 769.65 kg/ha, 4.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +441.8% | 769 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -82.9% | 4,506 kg/ha | 769 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,119 kg/ha | 769 kg/ha | 4,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,870 kg/ha | 3,478 kg/ha | 4,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,568 kg/ha | 3,531 kg/ha | 3,610 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
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 — yield in Rwanda?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Rwanda was 3,550 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 4,546 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 769 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Rwanda rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 10th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield. 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.