Vegetables Primary — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 5,959 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 5,959 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Rwanda peaked at 8,348 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,981 kg/ha, in 2003.
Rwanda ranks 167th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,340 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,340 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,340 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,419 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 5,419 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,442 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 5,452 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 5,466 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 5,488 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 5,478 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 5,520 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 5,371 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 5,444 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 5,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,472 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 5,639 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 5,612 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 5,498 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 5,593 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 5,615 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 5,654 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 5,581 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 5,556 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 5,627 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 5,498 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 5,254 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 5,343 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 5,474 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 5,455 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 6,926 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1991 | 6,431 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 6,417 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 6,396 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 6,369 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 6,053 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 5,695 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 5,588 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 5,538 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 5,469 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 5,114 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 5,026 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 5,006 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 4,981 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 5,013 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 5,022 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,020 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,099 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 5,185 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 8,348 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 2010 | 7,121 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2011 | 6,650 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 6,804 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 6,377 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 6,102 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 5,829 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 5,463 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 5,739 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 6,460 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 6,254 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 6,008 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 6,252 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 6,133 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 6,128 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,959 kg/ha | -2.8% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 5,959 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,639 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 5,959 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +61.0% | 5,185 kg/ha | 8,348 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +27.0% | 5,455 kg/ha | 6,926 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,412 kg/ha | 5,340 kg/ha | 5,488 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,507 kg/ha | 5,371 kg/ha | 5,639 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,506 kg/ha | 5,254 kg/ha | 5,654 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,088 kg/ha | 5,469 kg/ha | 6,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,381 kg/ha | 4,981 kg/ha | 8,348 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,280 kg/ha | 5,463 kg/ha | 7,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,096 kg/ha | 5,959 kg/ha | 6,252 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,333 kg/ha compare
- 165 Benin 6,204 kg/ha compare
- 166 Belize 6,176 kg/ha compare
- 168 Guinea-Bissau 5,934 kg/ha compare
- 169 Uganda 5,705 kg/ha compare
- 170 Mauritania 5,500 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Rwanda?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Rwanda was 5,959 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 8,348 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,981 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Rwanda rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.