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 56th of 114 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.
Rice — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 1,882 kg/ha | — |
| 1968 | 2,102 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1969 | 2,600 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1970 | 1,899 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1971 | 2,172 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1972 | 2,600 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1973 | 3,422 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1974 | 2,288 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1975 | 2,479 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 2,494 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 2,644 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 2,508 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 2,732 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 3,313 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1981 | 3,441 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 3,493 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 2,861 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1984 | 2,955 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 1,600 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1986 | 2,344 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1987 | 2,109 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 2,105 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 2,623 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 1,365 kg/ha | -48.0% |
| 1991 | 2,412 kg/ha | +76.7% |
| 1992 | 2,403 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 2,640 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 2,647 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 3,651 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1996 | 3,298 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 3,033 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 1,915 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 1999 | 1,813 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 2,732 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 2001 | 3,067 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 3,266 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 3,666 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 3,796 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 4,467 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2006 | 4,484 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 4,132 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 4,443 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 5,618 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2010 | 5,183 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 5,520 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 5,719 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 5,336 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 3,059 kg/ha | -42.7% |
| 2015 | 3,226 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 3,307 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 3,450 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 3,474 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 4,000 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2020 | 3,938 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 4,160 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 4,188 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 4,090 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 4,108 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 4,108 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 4,108 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
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 |
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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 — 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 56th out of 114 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.