Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 9,172 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Rwanda is 9,172 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Rwanda peaked at 14,652 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,218 kg/ha, in 1994.
Rwanda ranks 144th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,635 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,987 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 4,538 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1964 | 4,556 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 4,846 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 7,618 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 1967 | 7,862 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 7,004 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1969 | 6,798 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 7,423 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 7,590 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 7,313 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 7,448 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 8,132 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 8,399 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 8,350 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 8,314 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 7,990 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 9,705 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1980 | 8,418 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1981 | 8,304 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 8,924 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 7,965 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 7,400 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 7,856 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 7,688 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 7,596 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 5,869 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1989 | 5,003 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1990 | 3,604 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1991 | 4,434 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1992 | 4,590 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 4,286 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 3,218 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1995 | 4,397 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1996 | 4,408 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,936 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 4,017 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 3,828 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 6,807 kg/ha | +77.8% |
| 2001 | 6,493 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 7,306 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 7,017 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 6,294 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 7,298 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2006 | 7,013 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 6,142 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 6,275 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 7,685 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 10,538 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2011 | 12,673 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2012 | 13,789 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 14,652 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 8,676 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2015 | 8,150 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 7,433 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 7,026 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 8,198 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 8,902 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 8,994 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 8,876 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 8,927 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 8,968 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 9,172 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 9,172 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,819 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 9,172 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 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 | +77.8% | 3,828 kg/ha | 6,807 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,316 kg/ha | 4,538 kg/ha | 7,862 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,066 kg/ha | 7,313 kg/ha | 9,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,502 kg/ha | 5,003 kg/ha | 8,924 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,072 kg/ha | 3,218 kg/ha | 4,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,833 kg/ha | 6,142 kg/ha | 7,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,004 kg/ha | 7,026 kg/ha | 14,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,987 kg/ha | 8,876 kg/ha | 9,172 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 9,629 kg/ha compare
- 142 Somalia 9,563 kg/ha compare
- 143 Martinique 9,316 kg/ha compare
- 145 Mozambique 8,936 kg/ha compare
- 146 Philippines 8,919 kg/ha compare
- 147 Yugoslav SFR 8,876 kg/ha 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Rwanda?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Rwanda was 9,172 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 14,652 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,218 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 — 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.