Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 114,314 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Rwanda stood at 114,314 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 114,314 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,064 ha, in 1994.
That places Rwanda 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,300 ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 20,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,580 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 20,725 ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 21,220 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 21,500 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 22,090 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 22,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 23,830 ha | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 24,800 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 24,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 26,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 26,600 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 27,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 29,100 ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 29,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 30,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 30,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 30,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 29,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 27,900 ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 25,100 ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 22,500 ha | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 22,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 22,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 23,850 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 21,484 ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 20,638 ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 20,873 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 21,118 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 19,064 ha | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 21,118 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 23,038 ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 27,200 ha | +18.1% |
| 1998 | 31,242 ha | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 37,300 ha | +19.4% |
| 2000 | 54,879 ha | +47.1% |
| 2001 | 58,437 ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 61,850 ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 65,342 ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 69,913 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 74,421 ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 79,648 ha | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 83,217 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 86,788 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 78,298 ha | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 91,103 ha | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 96,482 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 96,566 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 98,292 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 98,446 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 99,147 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 100,263 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 106,876 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 101,712 ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 106,749 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 111,731 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 110,791 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 111,057 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 111,467 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 114,314 ha | +2.6% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 114,314 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 99% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 114,314 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 1.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +47.1% | 37,300 ha | 54,879 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,214 ha | 19,100 ha | 21,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,712 ha | 22,090 ha | 29,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,535 ha | 22,500 ha | 30,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,308 ha | 19,064 ha | 37,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,279 ha | 54,879 ha | 86,788 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 99,564 ha | 91,103 ha | 106,876 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 111,872 ha | 110,791 ha | 114,314 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Rwanda was 114,314 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 114,314 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,064 ha in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.