Taro — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Taro — Area harvested was 28,816 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Rwanda is 28,816 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 55,463 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,950 ha, in 1968.
That places Rwanda 12th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,950 ha | 1,950 ha | 6,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,526 ha | 4,438 ha | 7,780 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,340 ha | 4,900 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,026 ha | 10,000 ha | 52,137 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,891 ha | 21,320 ha | 28,470 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,933 ha | 20,454 ha | 55,463 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,922 ha | 26,992 ha | 30,629 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 9 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 11 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 13 Chad 27,836 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 15 Philippines 15,107 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture share gdp 20.3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 20.3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
- Rural population 69.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 10.07 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.44 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Taro — area harvested in Rwanda was 28,816 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 55,463 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,950 ha in 1968.
- How does Rwanda rank for taro — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 12th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Area harvested. 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.