Tea leaves — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 35,050 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 35,050 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 103.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 35,050 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 320 ha, in 1961.
That places Rwanda 12th out of 45 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.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 320 ha | — |
| 1962 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 450 ha | +40.6% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 620 ha | +24.0% |
| 1966 | 680 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 830 ha | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 1,280 ha | +54.2% |
| 1969 | 1,477 ha | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 1,573 ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 2,144 ha | +36.3% |
| 1972 | 2,530 ha | +18.0% |
| 1973 | 2,733 ha | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 3,208 ha | +17.4% |
| 1975 | 3,459 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 3,909 ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 5,084 ha | +30.1% |
| 1978 | 5,934 ha | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 6,583 ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 8,900 ha | +35.2% |
| 1981 | 9,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 9,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 7,835 ha | -17.5% |
| 1984 | 9,500 ha | +21.3% |
| 1985 | 12,700 ha | +33.7% |
| 1986 | 10,900 ha | -14.2% |
| 1987 | 11,500 ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 11,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 11,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 12,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 12,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 12,566 ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | -20.4% |
| 1994 | 4,000 ha | -60.0% |
| 1995 | 5,535 ha | +38.4% |
| 1996 | 11,000 ha | +98.7% |
| 1997 | 10,414 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 11,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 10,032 ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 12,300 ha | +22.6% |
| 2001 | 12,825 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 12,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 12,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11,700 ha | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 13,280 ha | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 11,750 ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 11,674 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 11,895 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 12,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 13,549 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 15,065 ha | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 15,383 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 15,620 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 17,220 ha | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 17,188 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 17,221 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 18,509 ha | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 20,466 ha | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 21,249 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 23,197 ha | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 26,309 ha | +13.4% |
| 2022 | 32,800 ha | +24.7% |
| 2023 | 33,430 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 35,050 ha | +4.8% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 35,050 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 7,624 ha, 4.6× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 35,050 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 7.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +98.7% | 5,535 ha | 11,000 ha |
| 1994 | -60.0% | 10,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 719.67 ha | 320 ha | 1,477 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,716 ha | 1,573 ha | 6,583 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,364 ha | 7,835 ha | 12,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,885 ha | 4,000 ha | 12,566 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,292 ha | 11,674 ha | 13,280 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,147 ha | 13,549 ha | 21,249 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,157 ha | 23,197 ha | 35,050 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 9 Bangladesh 58,754 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,735 ha compare
- 10 Uganda 44,765 ha compare
- 11 Japan 35,100 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 3,543 ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 276 ha compare
- 13 Argentina 29,869 ha compare
- 14 Thailand 21,394 ha compare
- 15 Nepal 20,760 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Rwanda was 35,050 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 35,050 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 320 ha in 1961.
- How does Rwanda rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 12th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.5%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.