Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 413,002 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Rwanda stood at 413,002 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 478,133 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 68,760 ha, in 1966.
That places Rwanda 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 125,311 ha | +21.5% |
| 1963 | 155,939 ha | +24.4% |
| 1964 | 99,989 ha | -35.9% |
| 1965 | 89,995 ha | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 68,760 ha | -23.6% |
| 1967 | 90,200 ha | +31.2% |
| 1968 | 98,160 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 113,420 ha | +15.5% |
| 1970 | 123,744 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 124,559 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 126,314 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 127,962 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 136,124 ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 147,960 ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 155,890 ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 162,164 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 173,748 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 183,199 ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 197,728 ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 215,086 ha | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 215,730 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 212,387 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 221,811 ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 247,095 ha | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 220,995 ha | -10.6% |
| 1987 | 222,527 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 240,150 ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 281,150 ha | +17.1% |
| 1990 | 402,353 ha | +43.1% |
| 1991 | 430,650 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 386,200 ha | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 379,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 376,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 201,500 ha | -46.5% |
| 1996 | 260,895 ha | +29.5% |
| 1997 | 318,374 ha | +22.0% |
| 1998 | 301,580 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 378,952 ha | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 427,229 ha | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 473,937 ha | +10.9% |
| 2002 | 478,133 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 444,468 ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 459,661 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 428,780 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 421,495 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 443,595 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 448,583 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 398,793 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 361,859 ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 331,532 ha | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 325,322 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 303,172 ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 309,101 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 337,139 ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 380,015 ha | +12.7% |
| 2017 | 460,063 ha | +21.1% |
| 2018 | 421,626 ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 407,777 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 406,990 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 433,194 ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 438,673 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 420,640 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 413,002 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104,986 ha | 68,760 ha | 155,939 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 146,166 ha | 123,744 ha | 183,199 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 227,466 ha | 197,728 ha | 281,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343,630 ha | 201,500 ha | 430,650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 442,467 ha | 398,793 ha | 478,133 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 363,761 ha | 303,172 ha | 460,063 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 422,500 ha | 406,990 ha | 438,673 ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Rwanda was 413,002 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 478,133 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,760 ha in 1966.
- How does Rwanda rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.