Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Rwanda
Rwanda: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 4,684 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — production in Rwanda is 4,684 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Rwanda peaked at 5,405 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 680 t, in 1966.
Rwanda ranks 50th of 139 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 747 t | — |
| 1962 | 880 t | +17.8% |
| 1963 | 700 t | -20.5% |
| 1964 | 700 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 680 t | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 830 t | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 800 t | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 900 t | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 800 t | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 900 t | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 1,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 1,500 t | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 1,600 t | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 1,800 t | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 2,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 2,200 t | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 2,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,300 t | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 2,400 t | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 2,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 2,600 t | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 3,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 3,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,100 t | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 3,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 3,300 t | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 3,400 t | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 3,500 t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 3,533 t | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 3,600 t | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 3,744 t | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 3,749 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 3,739 t | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 3,718 t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 3,700 t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 3,730 t | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 3,800 t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 3,849 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 3,900 t | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 3,882 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 3,800 t | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,892 t | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 4,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 4,280 t | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 4,618 t | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 4,969 t | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 5,375 t | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 5,405 t | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 5,000 t | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 4,772 t | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 4,667 t | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 5,139 t | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 4,859 t | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 4,838 t | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 4,787 t | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 4,740 t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 4,702 t | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 4,663 t | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 4,701 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 4,689 t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 4,684 t | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 770.78 t | 680 t | 900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,340 t | 800 t | 2,200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,760 t | 2,200 t | 3,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,641 t | 3,400 t | 3,749 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,099 t | 3,800 t | 4,969 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,958 t | 4,667 t | 5,405 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,688 t | 4,663 t | 4,702 t | 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — production in Rwanda?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Rwanda was 4,684 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 5,405 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 680 t in 1966.
- How does Rwanda rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Rwanda ranks 50th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 — Production. 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.