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 26th out of 67 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 23 Mali 6,630 ha compare
- 24 Japan 6,566 ha compare
- 25 Dominican Republic 6,539 ha compare
- 27 Burkina Faso 5,704 ha compare
- 28 Comoros 5,545 ha compare
- 29 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
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 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 26th out of 67 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.