Sugar cane — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sugar cane — Yield was 21,468 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Rwanda, 1968–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — yield in Rwanda is 21,468 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 38.3% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Rwanda peaked at 52,186 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 8,506 kg/ha, in 2016.
Rwanda ranks 92nd of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 31,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1969 | 29,102 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1970 | 17,684 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 1971 | 19,370 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 21,226 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 28,193 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1974 | 20,782 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1975 | 29,067 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1976 | 29,660 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 42,966 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1978 | 42,553 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 44,922 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 40,728 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 44,062 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 35,129 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1983 | 46,400 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1984 | 40,650 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1985 | 51,243 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1986 | 42,576 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1987 | 52,186 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1988 | 51,617 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 43,014 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1990 | 35,841 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 29,231 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1992 | 26,250 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1993 | 35,714 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1994 | 20,000 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1995 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 20,454 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 20,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 27,273 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2005 | 17,254 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 2006 | 16,114 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 26,947 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 2008 | 17,500 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2009 | 27,962 kg/ha | +59.8% |
| 2010 | 18,991 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2011 | 18,537 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 17,975 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 17,484 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 16,387 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 15,532 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 8,506 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 2017 | 12,544 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2018 | 11,573 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 13,596 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2020 | 14,882 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 14,717 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 14,837 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 15,524 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 21,468 kg/ha | +38.3% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 21,468 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 21,468 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,176 kg/ha | 29,102 kg/ha | 31,250 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 29,642 kg/ha | 17,684 kg/ha | 44,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,760 kg/ha | 35,129 kg/ha | 52,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,704 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 35,841 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,350 kg/ha | 16,114 kg/ha | 27,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,112 kg/ha | 8,506 kg/ha | 18,991 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,286 kg/ha | 14,717 kg/ha | 21,468 kg/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 sugar cane — yield in Rwanda?
- Sugar cane — yield in Rwanda was 21,468 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 52,186 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,506 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Rwanda rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 92nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.