Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0126 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda is 0.0126 ha per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda peaked at 0.0273 ha per person in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.0099 ha per person, in 2011.
That places Rwanda 3rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0193 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0257 ha per person | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0249 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0208 ha per person | -16.5% |
| 1965 | 0.017 ha per person | -18.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0104 ha per person | -38.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0132 ha per person | +26.6% |
| 1968 | 0.014 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0158 ha per person | +12.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0173 ha per person | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0162 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0172 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0169 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0183 ha per person | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0189 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0189 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0188 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.019 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0204 ha per person | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0213 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0219 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0212 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0207 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0202 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0215 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0193 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0186 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0187 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0225 ha per person | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0238 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0266 ha per person | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0273 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0251 ha per person | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0218 ha per person | -13.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0194 ha per person | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0194 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0193 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0184 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0221 ha per person | +19.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0213 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0233 ha per person | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0233 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0171 ha per person | -26.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0185 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0164 ha per person | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0146 ha per person | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0155 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0153 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0123 ha per person | -19.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0109 ha per person | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0099 ha per person | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0101 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0101 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0124 ha per person | +22.4% |
| 2015 | 0.012 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0114 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0151 ha per person | +33.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0139 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0144 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0137 ha per person | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0144 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0139 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0128 ha per person | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0126 ha per person | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0179 ha per person | 0.0104 ha per person | 0.0257 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0182 ha per person | 0.0162 ha per person | 0.0204 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0206 ha per person | 0.0186 ha per person | 0.0225 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0223 ha per person | 0.0184 ha per person | 0.0273 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0177 ha per person | 0.0123 ha per person | 0.0233 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.012 ha per person | 0.0099 ha per person | 0.0151 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0135 ha per person | 0.0126 ha per person | 0.0144 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 1 Malawi 0.0145 ha per person compare
- 2 Papua New Guinea 0.0135 ha per person compare
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 0.0101 ha per person compare
- 5 Solomon Islands 0.0095 ha per person compare
- 6 Nigeria 0.0065 ha per person compare
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- 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Rwanda was 0.0126 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0273 ha per person in 1992.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0099 ha per person in 2011.
- How does Rwanda rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 3rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.