Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0981 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 0.0981 t per person for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Rwanda peaked at 0.2062 t per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0593 t per person, in 1965.
Rwanda ranks 3rd of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1455 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2062 t per person | +41.7% |
| 1963 | 0.1293 t per person | -37.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0717 t per person | -44.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0593 t per person | -17.3% |
| 1966 | 0.073 t per person | +23.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0993 t per person | +36.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0982 t per person | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.084 t per person | -14.5% |
| 1970 | 0.1037 t per person | +23.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0973 t per person | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 0.098 t per person | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.098 t per person | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.1368 t per person | +39.7% |
| 1975 | 0.1464 t per person | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1463 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1437 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1535 t per person | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 0.1672 t per person | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 0.1627 t per person | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.1733 t per person | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 0.1798 t per person | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 0.1563 t per person | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1329 t per person | -15.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1551 t per person | +16.6% |
| 1986 | 0.1367 t per person | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 0.1326 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1219 t per person | -8.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1074 t per person | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 0.1109 t per person | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 0.1329 t per person | +19.8% |
| 1992 | 0.1373 t per person | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1249 t per person | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1088 t per person | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 0.097 t per person | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0991 t per person | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0956 t per person | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0929 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1059 t per person | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 0.1258 t per person | +18.8% |
| 2001 | 0.1395 t per person | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1538 t per person | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1011 t per person | -34.3% |
| 2004 | 0.103 t per person | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0978 t per person | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0836 t per person | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0881 t per person | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0842 t per person | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0798 t per person | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0814 t per person | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0799 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0928 t per person | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0975 t per person | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0828 t per person | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 0.08 t per person | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0771 t per person | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0884 t per person | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 0.095 t per person | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0976 t per person | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0976 t per person | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0995 t per person | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1006 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.094 t per person | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0981 t per person | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1074 t per person | 0.0593 t per person | 0.2062 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1291 t per person | 0.0973 t per person | 0.1672 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1459 t per person | 0.1074 t per person | 0.1798 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1105 t per person | 0.0929 t per person | 0.1373 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1057 t per person | 0.0798 t per person | 0.1538 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0873 t per person | 0.0771 t per person | 0.0976 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.098 t per person | 0.094 t per person | 0.1006 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 1 Malawi 0.3685 t per person compare
- 2 Solomon Islands 0.1332 t per person compare
- 4 Papua New Guinea 0.0692 t per person compare
- 5 Burundi 0.0672 t per person compare
- 6 Tonga 0.0637 t per person 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 — production, per capita in Rwanda?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Rwanda was 0.0981 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2062 t per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0593 t per person in 1965.
- How does Rwanda rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 3rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita 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 Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.