Rice — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Rice — Yield was 4,108 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Rwanda, 1967–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Rwanda is 4,108 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Rwanda peaked at 5,719 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,365 kg/ha, in 1990.
Rwanda ranks 64th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,194 kg/ha | 1,882 kg/ha | 2,600 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1970s | 2,524 kg/ha | 1,899 kg/ha | 3,422 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,685 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 3,493 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,518 kg/ha | 1,365 kg/ha | 3,651 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,967 kg/ha | 2,732 kg/ha | 5,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,227 kg/ha | 3,059 kg/ha | 5,719 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,097 kg/ha | 3,938 kg/ha | 4,188 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 61 Sri Lanka 4,151 kg/ha compare
- 62 Philippines 4,108 kg/ha compare
- 63 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,108 kg/ha compare
- 65 Kyrgyzstan 4,039 kg/ha compare
- 66 Myanmar 3,941 kg/ha compare
- 67 Benin 3,896 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture share gdp 20.3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 20.3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
- Rural population 69.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 10.07 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.44 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Rwanda?
- Rice — yield in Rwanda was 4,108 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 5,719 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,365 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Rwanda rank for rice — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 64th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.3%. 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 Rice — 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.