Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 4,064 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Rwanda is 4,064 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 4,500 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 830 ha, in 1961.
That places Rwanda 44th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 830 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,086 ha | +30.8% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 1,930 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 1,950 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 2,631 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 2,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,808 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,804 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,785 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 2,774 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 2,799 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 2,854 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 2,891 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 2,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,918 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 2,800 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 2,932 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 2,950 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 3,261 ha | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 3,582 ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 3,911 ha | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 4,300 ha | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 4,020 ha | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 3,913 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 4,369 ha | +11.7% |
| 2016 | 4,101 ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 4,139 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 4,143 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 4,155 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 4,150 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,099 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 4,077 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 4,070 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,064 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,024 ha | 830 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,370 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,988 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,720 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,808 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,100 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,911 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,204 ha | 3,913 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,092 ha | 4,064 ha | 4,150 ha | 5 |
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Rwanda was 4,064 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 830 ha in 1961.
- How does Rwanda rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 44th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.