Sorghum — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sorghum — Area harvested was 154,724 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Rwanda is 154,724 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 196,732 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 67,093 ha, in 1995.
That places Rwanda 34th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 112,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 111,836 ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 87,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1964 | 97,609 ha | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 93,740 ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 130,000 ha | +38.7% |
| 1967 | 132,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 129,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 125,800 ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 141,837 ha | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 127,668 ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 130,987 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 131,106 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 134,405 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 132,782 ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 138,222 ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 145,348 ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 162,039 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 147,418 ha | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 144,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 183,600 ha | +27.0% |
| 1982 | 177,270 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 174,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 184,800 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 184,249 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 149,717 ha | -18.7% |
| 1987 | 155,590 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 151,891 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 132,400 ha | -12.8% |
| 1990 | 133,421 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 160,000 ha | +19.9% |
| 1992 | 150,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 100,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1994 | 80,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 67,093 ha | -16.1% |
| 1996 | 75,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 108,894 ha | +45.2% |
| 1998 | 114,639 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 129,261 ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 174,195 ha | +34.8% |
| 2001 | 185,444 ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 171,808 ha | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 179,791 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 179,307 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 196,732 ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 170,298 ha | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 162,322 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 143,210 ha | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 146,338 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 133,375 ha | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 119,355 ha | -10.5% |
| 2012 | 97,143 ha | -18.6% |
| 2013 | 109,121 ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 137,227 ha | +25.8% |
| 2015 | 137,696 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 165,812 ha | +20.4% |
| 2017 | 143,490 ha | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 144,137 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 161,850 ha | +12.3% |
| 2020 | 169,419 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 166,669 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 177,261 ha | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 159,988 ha | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 154,724 ha | -3.3% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 154,724 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 60% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 154,724 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 69% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,243 ha | 87,000 ha | 132,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 139,181 ha | 127,668 ha | 162,039 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 163,872 ha | 132,400 ha | 184,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 111,831 ha | 67,093 ha | 160,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 170,944 ha | 143,210 ha | 196,732 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,921 ha | 97,143 ha | 165,812 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 165,612 ha | 154,724 ha | 177,261 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 sorghum — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Rwanda was 154,724 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 196,732 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,093 ha in 1995.
- How does Rwanda rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 34th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. 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 Sorghum — 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.