Wheat — Production in Rwanda
Rwanda: Wheat — Production was 16,417 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Production in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Rwanda stood at 16,417 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 108.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Rwanda peaked at 24,633 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 100 t, in 1966.
Rwanda ranks 104th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 773.44 t | 100 t | 1,744 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,559 t | 1,235 t | 3,692 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,770 t | 1,042 t | 10,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,296 t | 3,200 t | 14,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,658 t | 6,444 t | 24,633 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,958 t | 7,662 t | 15,686 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,689 t | 12,811 t | 16,656 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- 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)
- Rural population 69.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 10.07 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.44 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Rwanda?
- Wheat — production in Rwanda was 16,417 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 24,633 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 t in 1966.
- How does Rwanda rank for wheat — production?
- Rwanda ranks 104th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.2%. 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 — 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.