Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,153 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Rwanda is 1,153 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Rwanda peaked at 1,538 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 680 kg/ha, in 1966.
Rwanda ranks 96th of 128 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 — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 810.3 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 700 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1964 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 680 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 830 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 727.3 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1969 | 750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 727.3 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 727.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 727.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 769.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 1,000 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1976 | 1,067 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 1,125 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 1,250 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 1,294 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 1,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,278 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 1,333 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 1,316 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 1,347 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 1,538 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1986 | 1,500 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 1,476 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,391 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 1,375 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 1,360 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,346 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,343 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,333 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,337 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,335 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,333 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,335 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,334 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,333 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,331 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,331 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,345 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,330 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 1,357 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,327 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 1,356 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 1,313 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,290 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,270 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1,250 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 1,228 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,111 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 1,187 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 1,193 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,176 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,185 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,169 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,155 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,141 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,133 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,138 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,153 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1,152 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,153 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 1,153 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,050 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 1,153 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 887.1 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +30.0% | 769.2 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 755.29 kg/ha | 680 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 943.69 kg/ha | 727.3 kg/ha | 1,294 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,385 kg/ha | 1,278 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,339 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,325 kg/ha | 1,270 kg/ha | 1,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,180 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,146 kg/ha | 1,133 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Rwanda?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Rwanda was 1,153 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,538 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 680 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Rwanda rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 96th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. 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 — Yield. 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.