Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 179,717 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 179,717 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 210,000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 36,800 ha, in 1966.
That places Rwanda 7th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,000 ha | +36.7% |
| 1963 | 81,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 69,500 ha | -14.5% |
| 1965 | 58,068 ha | -16.4% |
| 1966 | 36,800 ha | -36.6% |
| 1967 | 48,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 1968 | 52,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 60,960 ha | +16.1% |
| 1970 | 68,814 ha | +12.9% |
| 1971 | 66,512 ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 72,537 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 73,630 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 81,667 ha | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 86,992 ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 89,675 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 91,786 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 95,603 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 105,878 ha | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 114,175 ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 120,816 ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 120,845 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 122,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 123,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 135,929 ha | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 125,800 ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 125,840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 130,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 162,000 ha | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 175,893 ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 200,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 210,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 200,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 148,000 ha | -26.0% |
| 1995 | 110,000 ha | -25.7% |
| 1996 | 130,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1997 | 149,342 ha | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 148,850 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 179,941 ha | +20.9% |
| 2000 | 174,663 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 192,727 ha | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 195,370 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 147,130 ha | -24.7% |
| 2004 | 163,070 ha | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 148,526 ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 135,725 ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 147,563 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 149,724 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 123,386 ha | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 112,194 ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 104,928 ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 109,388 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 112,436 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 140,977 ha | +25.4% |
| 2015 | 139,706 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 135,575 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 184,609 ha | +36.2% |
| 2018 | 173,122 ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 183,889 ha | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 179,555 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 192,484 ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 189,435 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 178,105 ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 179,717 ha | +0.9% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 179,717 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 4.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 179,717 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 6.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,014 ha | 36,800 ha | 82,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,309 ha | 66,512 ha | 105,878 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128,100 ha | 114,175 ha | 162,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 165,203 ha | 110,000 ha | 210,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 157,788 ha | 123,386 ha | 195,370 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 139,682 ha | 104,928 ha | 184,609 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 183,859 ha | 178,105 ha | 192,484 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 ha compare
- 5 Uganda 221,783 ha compare
- 6 Angola 200,311 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,893 ha compare
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42,159 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Rwanda was 179,717 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 210,000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,800 ha in 1966.
- How does Rwanda rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 7th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.