Tomatoes — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 10,046 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Rwanda, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 10,046 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 12,930 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,150 ha, in 2000.
Rwanda ranks 54th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,150 ha | — |
| 2001 | 1,450 ha | +26.1% |
| 2002 | 2,100 ha | +44.8% |
| 2003 | 2,900 ha | +38.1% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +20.7% |
| 2005 | 4,300 ha | +22.9% |
| 2006 | 5,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 5,586 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 5,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 6,500 ha | +18.2% |
| 2011 | 7,568 ha | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 6,800 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 7,861 ha | +15.6% |
| 2014 | 8,545 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 9,081 ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 10,439 ha | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 11,329 ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 7,773 ha | -31.4% |
| 2019 | 10,731 ha | +38.1% |
| 2020 | 12,930 ha | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 10,876 ha | -15.9% |
| 2022 | 10,146 ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 9,937 ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 10,046 ha | +1.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 10,046 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 11,450 ha, 88% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 10,046 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,699 ha | 1,150 ha | 5,586 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,663 ha | 6,500 ha | 11,329 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,787 ha | 9,937 ha | 12,930 ha | 5 |
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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 tomatoes — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Rwanda was 10,046 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 12,930 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,150 ha in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 54th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.