Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda
Rwanda: Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0073 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 0.0073 ha per person for potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda peaked at 0.0156 ha per person in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0025 ha per person, in 1994.
That places Rwanda 7th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0062 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0058 ha per person | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0078 ha per person | +35.8% |
| 1964 | 0.004 ha per person | -49.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0042 ha per person | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0027 ha per person | -36.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0045 ha per person | +68.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0047 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0045 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0045 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0052 ha per person | +14.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0044 ha per person | -13.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0044 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0045 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0049 ha per person | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0054 ha per person | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0055 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0064 ha per person | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0057 ha per person | -10.3% |
| 1980 | 0.006 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0074 ha per person | +22.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0071 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0062 ha per person | -12.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0066 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0075 ha per person | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0058 ha per person | -21.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0056 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0047 ha per person | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0049 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0057 ha per person | +17.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0086 ha per person | +51.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0068 ha per person | -21.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0038 ha per person | -44.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0025 ha per person | -33.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 ha per person | +40.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0052 ha per person | +48.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0054 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0035 ha per person | -35.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0037 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0133 ha per person | +263.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0142 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0149 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0156 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0151 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.015 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.015 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.013 ha per person | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 0.013 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0125 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0146 ha per person | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0123 ha per person | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0111 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0086 ha per person | -22.7% |
| 2014 | 0.006 ha per person | -29.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0067 ha per person | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0089 ha per person | +32.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0077 ha per person | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0095 ha per person | +23.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0084 ha per person | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 0.008 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0085 ha per person | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0088 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0082 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0073 ha per person | -10.5% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 0.0073 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0011 ha per person, 6.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 0.0073 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.001 ha per person, 7.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +263.1% | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0133 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0049 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0078 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0051 ha per person | 0.0044 ha per person | 0.0064 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0062 ha per person | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0075 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0049 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0086 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0142 ha per person | 0.0125 ha per person | 0.0156 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0094 ha per person | 0.006 ha per person | 0.0146 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0082 ha per person | 0.0073 ha per person | 0.0088 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 4 Peru 0.0099 ha per person compare
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 0.0092 ha per person compare
- 6 Belgium 0.0085 ha per person compare
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0072 ha per person compare
- 9 Turkmenistan 0.0072 ha per person compare
- 10 Nepal 0.0071 ha per person compare
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 potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda?
- Potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda was 0.0073 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0156 ha per person in 2003.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0025 ha per person in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 7th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.