Rice — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Rice — Area harvested was 34,551 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Rwanda is 34,551 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 34,551 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Rwanda 67th out of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 110 ha | — |
| 1968 | 315 ha | +186.4% |
| 1969 | 440 ha | +39.7% |
| 1970 | 716 ha | +62.7% |
| 1971 | 680 ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 630 ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 733 ha | +16.3% |
| 1974 | 974 ha | +32.9% |
| 1975 | 1,042 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 1,070 ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 1,235 ha | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 1,311 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 1,279 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 1,337 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 1,673 ha | +25.1% |
| 1982 | 1,599 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +56.3% |
| 1984 | 2,680 ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 3,600 ha | +44.0% |
| 1987 | 2,900 ha | -19.4% |
| 1988 | 3,274 ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 3,088 ha | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 6,816 ha | +120.7% |
| 1991 | 6,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 6,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | -25.4% |
| 1994 | 1,700 ha | -66.0% |
| 1995 | 630 ha | -62.9% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | +217.5% |
| 1997 | 3,233 ha | +61.7% |
| 1998 | 4,144 ha | +28.2% |
| 1999 | 4,919 ha | +18.7% |
| 2000 | 4,266 ha | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 5,090 ha | +19.3% |
| 2002 | 6,423 ha | +26.2% |
| 2003 | 7,607 ha | +18.4% |
| 2004 | 12,167 ha | +59.9% |
| 2005 | 13,922 ha | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 14,034 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 15,005 ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 18,455 ha | +23.0% |
| 2009 | 14,433 ha | -21.8% |
| 2010 | 12,975 ha | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 14,592 ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 14,701 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 17,568 ha | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 23,770 ha | +35.3% |
| 2015 | 30,204 ha | +27.1% |
| 2016 | 33,430 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 31,583 ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 32,780 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 32,896 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 29,584 ha | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 31,676 ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 32,253 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 32,673 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 34,551 ha | +5.7% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 34,551 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 114,310 ha, 30% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 34,551 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 39% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +217.5% | 630 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1968 | +186.4% | 110 ha | 315 ha |
| 1990 | +120.7% | 3,088 ha | 6,816 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.11 ha | 0 ha | 440 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 967 ha | 630 ha | 1,311 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,515 ha | 1,337 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,194 ha | 630 ha | 6,816 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,140 ha | 4,266 ha | 18,455 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,450 ha | 12,975 ha | 33,430 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,147 ha | 29,584 ha | 34,551 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 rice — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Rice — area harvested in Rwanda was 34,551 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 34,551 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Rwanda rank for rice — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 67th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.4%. 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 Rice — 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.