Wheat — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Wheat — Area harvested was 12,910 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 12,910 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 27,528 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 125 ha, in 1966.
Rwanda ranks 94th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,525 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,732 ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 2,173 ha | +25.5% |
| 1964 | 812 ha | -62.6% |
| 1965 | 565 ha | -30.4% |
| 1966 | 125 ha | -77.9% |
| 1967 | 375 ha | +200.0% |
| 1968 | 731 ha | +94.9% |
| 1969 | 953 ha | +30.4% |
| 1970 | 1,390 ha | +45.9% |
| 1971 | 1,372 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 2,554 ha | +86.2% |
| 1973 | 3,300 ha | +29.2% |
| 1974 | 3,406 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 2,734 ha | -19.7% |
| 1976 | 3,602 ha | +31.7% |
| 1977 | 4,313 ha | +19.7% |
| 1978 | 5,288 ha | +22.6% |
| 1979 | 3,951 ha | -25.3% |
| 1980 | 3,081 ha | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 1,351 ha | -56.2% |
| 1982 | 2,602 ha | +92.6% |
| 1983 | 3,900 ha | +49.9% |
| 1984 | 3,668 ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 5,006 ha | +36.5% |
| 1986 | 5,319 ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 7,310 ha | +37.4% |
| 1988 | 7,589 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | +18.6% |
| 1990 | 9,313 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 16,575 ha | +78.0% |
| 1992 | 14,099 ha | -14.9% |
| 1993 | 5,449 ha | -61.4% |
| 1994 | 3,498 ha | -35.8% |
| 1995 | 5,746 ha | +64.3% |
| 1996 | 6,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 6,275 ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 5,700 ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 5,172 ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 10,043 ha | +94.2% |
| 2001 | 10,748 ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 12,046 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 20,821 ha | +72.8% |
| 2004 | 21,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 24,157 ha | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 22,972 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 27,528 ha | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 9,078 ha | -67.0% |
| 2009 | 8,632 ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 8,158 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 8,764 ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 8,921 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 9,806 ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 8,383 ha | -14.5% |
| 2015 | 8,322 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 10,098 ha | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 10,758 ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 12,225 ha | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 13,234 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 12,309 ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 13,167 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 11,977 ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 13,266 ha | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 12,910 ha | -2.7% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 12,910 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 94% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 12,910 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +200.0% | 125 ha | 375 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 999 ha | 125 ha | 2,173 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,191 ha | 1,372 ha | 5,288 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,883 ha | 1,351 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,783 ha | 3,498 ha | 16,575 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,702 ha | 8,632 ha | 27,528 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,867 ha | 8,158 ha | 13,234 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,726 ha | 11,977 ha | 13,266 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 wheat — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Wheat — area harvested in Rwanda was 12,910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 27,528 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 ha in 1966.
- How does Rwanda rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 94th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.0%. 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 Wheat — 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.