Sorghum — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sorghum — Yield was 1,214 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 1,214 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Rwanda peaked at 1,508 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 685 kg/ha, in 1994.
Rwanda ranks 68th of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 895.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 kg/ha | +67.4% |
| 1963 | 1,459 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 1,508 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 1,387 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1966 | 1,107 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1967 | 1,100 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 950 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1969 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,080 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 901.2 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1975 | 1,087 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1976 | 1,121 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 1,127 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 1,129 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1,102 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 1,237 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 1,049 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1982 | 1,208 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1983 | 1,080 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 988.1 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 1,235 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 1,290 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 1,210 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 925.7 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1989 | 1,110 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1990 | 1,069 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 1,281 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1992 | 750.7 kg/ha | -41.4% |
| 1993 | 1,281 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1994 | 685 kg/ha | -46.5% |
| 1995 | 1,152 kg/ha | +68.2% |
| 1996 | 1,361 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1997 | 1,122 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1998 | 1,051 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 832.2 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2000 | 890.4 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 948.6 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 1,073 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 954.4 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 913.4 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 1,159 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2006 | 1,100 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1,010 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 1,006 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,193 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2010 | 1,209 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 1,271 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 1,428 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 1,443 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,024 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2015 | 968 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 988.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 1,056 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 1,073 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 986.3 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 1,006 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1,070 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 1,086 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1,161 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 1,214 kg/ha | +4.5% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 1,214 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 1,214 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +70.6% | 750.7 kg/ha | 1,281 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +68.2% | 685 kg/ha | 1,152 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +67.4% | 895.9 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,212 kg/ha | 895.9 kg/ha | 1,508 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,085 kg/ha | 901.2 kg/ha | 1,129 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,133 kg/ha | 925.7 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,059 kg/ha | 685 kg/ha | 1,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,025 kg/ha | 890.4 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,145 kg/ha | 968 kg/ha | 1,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,107 kg/ha | 1,006 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 65 Maldives 1,232 kg/ha compare
- 66 Ethiopia PDR 1,225 kg/ha compare
- 67 North Macedonia 1,216 kg/ha compare
- 69 Palestine 1,194 kg/ha compare
- 70 India 1,174 kg/ha compare
- 71 Guinea-Bissau 1,160 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 sorghum — yield in Rwanda?
- Sorghum — yield in Rwanda was 1,214 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,508 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 685 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for sorghum — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 68th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.