Yams — Area harvested in Rwanda
Rwanda: Yams — Area harvested was 6,439 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Rwanda is 6,439 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Rwanda peaked at 7,261 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
That places Rwanda 23rd out of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 160 ha | +60.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 310 ha | +47.6% |
| 1970 | 437 ha | +41.0% |
| 1971 | 478 ha | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 495 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 865 ha | +74.7% |
| 1974 | 878 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 1,075 ha | +22.4% |
| 1976 | 1,017 ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 1,034 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 1,012 ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 665 ha | -34.3% |
| 1980 | 913 ha | +37.3% |
| 1981 | 1,365 ha | +49.5% |
| 1982 | 1,479 ha | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 1,387 ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 1,311 ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 1,040 ha | -25.7% |
| 1987 | 927 ha | -10.9% |
| 1988 | 650 ha | -29.9% |
| 1989 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | -23.1% |
| 1991 | 650 ha | +30.0% |
| 1992 | 1,200 ha | +84.6% |
| 1993 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 1,895 ha | +26.3% |
| 1997 | 1,930 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 1,994 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 1,700 ha | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 2,616 ha | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 2,853 ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 3,163 ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 2,924 ha | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 2,889 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 2,805 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 5,480 ha | +95.4% |
| 2013 | 5,086 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 6,140 ha | +20.7% |
| 2015 | 7,261 ha | +18.3% |
| 2016 | 6,173 ha | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 6,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 6,478 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 6,508 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 6,256 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 6,502 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 6,422 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 6,393 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 6,439 ha | +0.7% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 6,439 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,534 ha, 99% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 6,439 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 82% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +95.4% | 2,805 ha | 5,480 ha |
| 1992 | +84.6% | 650 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 1973 | +74.7% | 495 ha | 865 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 153.33 ha | 100 ha | 310 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 795.6 ha | 437 ha | 1,075 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,112 ha | 650 ha | 1,479 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,417 ha | 500 ha | 1,994 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,386 ha | 1,800 ha | 3,163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,482 ha | 2,805 ha | 7,261 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,402 ha | 6,256 ha | 6,502 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 yams — area harvested in Rwanda?
- Yams — area harvested in Rwanda was 6,439 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 7,261 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Rwanda rank for yams — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 23rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. 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 Yams — 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.