Sweet potatoes — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 7,780 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Rwanda stood at 7,780 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Rwanda peaked at 9,616 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,439 kg/ha, in 1964.
Rwanda ranks 69th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,533 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,012 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 5,182 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1964 | 3,439 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1965 | 3,496 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 6,986 kg/ha | +99.8% |
| 1967 | 7,506 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 7,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 5,319 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,702 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 5,782 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 7,497 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1975 | 7,755 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 7,743 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 7,653 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 8,085 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 8,194 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 7,627 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 7,927 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 8,497 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 7,559 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 6,574 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1985 | 7,206 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 7,098 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 7,113 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 6,532 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1989 | 4,762 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1990 | 4,649 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 5,025 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 4,986 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 4,995 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5,004 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 5,112 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 4,966 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 5,046 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 4,794 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 5,914 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2001 | 6,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 6,615 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 5,901 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 5,570 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 5,963 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 5,725 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 5,699 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 5,517 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 6,510 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2010 | 7,488 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2011 | 8,054 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 9,190 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2013 | 9,616 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 6,673 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2015 | 6,664 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,780 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 5,845 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 6,855 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2019 | 6,784 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 7,104 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 6,903 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 7,246 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 7,369 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 7,780 kg/ha | +5.6% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 7,780 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 7,780 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +99.8% | 3,496 kg/ha | 6,986 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,053 kg/ha | 3,439 kg/ha | 8,012 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,041 kg/ha | 5,702 kg/ha | 8,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,090 kg/ha | 4,762 kg/ha | 8,497 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,958 kg/ha | 4,649 kg/ha | 5,112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,941 kg/ha | 5,517 kg/ha | 6,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,395 kg/ha | 5,845 kg/ha | 9,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,281 kg/ha | 6,903 kg/ha | 7,780 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 66 Sierra Leone 8,208 kg/ha compare
- 67 Brunei Darussalam 8,116 kg/ha compare
- 68 Ethiopia PDR 8,000 kg/ha compare
- 70 Zimbabwe 7,663 kg/ha compare
- 71 Kuwait 7,279 kg/ha compare
- 72 Congo 7,172 kg/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 — yield in Rwanda?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Rwanda was 7,780 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 9,616 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,439 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Rwanda rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 69th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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 — Yield. 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.