Soya beans — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Soya beans — Area harvested was 72,087 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Rwanda is 72,087 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 91.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 72,353 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1964.
Rwanda ranks 38th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 460 ha | — |
| 1962 | 320 ha | -30.4% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | -37.5% |
| 1964 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 550 ha | — |
| 1970 | 1,337 ha | +143.1% |
| 1971 | 1,224 ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 1,404 ha | +14.7% |
| 1973 | 1,640 ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 2,026 ha | +23.5% |
| 1975 | 3,298 ha | +62.8% |
| 1976 | 4,443 ha | +34.7% |
| 1977 | 5,740 ha | +29.2% |
| 1978 | 3,672 ha | -36.0% |
| 1979 | 5,200 ha | +41.6% |
| 1980 | 7,700 ha | +48.1% |
| 1981 | 7,384 ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 7,137 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 7,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 7,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 9,780 ha | +30.4% |
| 1986 | 7,770 ha | -20.6% |
| 1987 | 9,380 ha | +20.7% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 9,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 26,867 ha | +195.2% |
| 1991 | 25,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 42,000 ha | +68.0% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | -57.1% |
| 1994 | 8,000 ha | -55.6% |
| 1995 | 7,882 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 6,800 ha | -13.7% |
| 1997 | 13,756 ha | +102.3% |
| 1998 | 17,858 ha | +29.8% |
| 1999 | 19,073 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 29,543 ha | +54.9% |
| 2001 | 29,555 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 31,289 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 35,947 ha | +14.9% |
| 2004 | 36,707 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 42,120 ha | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 42,364 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 50,238 ha | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 61,748 ha | +22.9% |
| 2009 | 65,731 ha | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 72,353 ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 47,981 ha | -33.7% |
| 2012 | 31,636 ha | -34.1% |
| 2013 | 36,772 ha | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 37,728 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 46,010 ha | +22.0% |
| 2016 | 46,446 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 53,361 ha | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 54,793 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 46,695 ha | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 48,488 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 53,808 ha | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 65,259 ha | +21.3% |
| 2023 | 70,691 ha | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 72,087 ha | +2.0% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 72,087 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 66,044 ha, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 72,087 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +195.2% | 9,100 ha | 26,867 ha |
| 1970 | +143.1% | 550 ha | 1,337 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170 ha | 0 ha | 550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,998 ha | 1,224 ha | 5,740 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,185 ha | 7,100 ha | 9,780 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,524 ha | 6,800 ha | 42,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,524 ha | 29,543 ha | 65,731 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,378 ha | 31,636 ha | 72,353 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,067 ha | 48,488 ha | 72,087 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 35 Austria 89,740 ha compare
- 36 Republic of Korea 74,018 ha compare
- 37 Yugoslav SFR 72,886 ha compare
- 39 Slovakia 67,840 ha compare
- 40 Cameroon 66,561 ha compare
- 41 Mozambique 60,000 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 soya beans — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Rwanda was 72,087 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 72,353 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1964.
- How does Rwanda rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 38th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 91.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya beans — Area harvested. 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.