Yams — Yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Yams — Yield was 8,917 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Yams — Yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Rwanda is 8,917 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Rwanda peaked at 15,470 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,941 kg/ha, in 1999.
Rwanda ranks 30th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Yams — Yield in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 12,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 12,500 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 8,125 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1967 | 8,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 5,500 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1969 | 6,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 9,000 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,861 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1974 | 5,601 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 5,627 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 5,528 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 5,407 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 5,332 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 6,350 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1980 | 5,457 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1981 | 4,415 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1982 | 4,260 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 6,316 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 1984 | 6,102 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 6,143 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 6,279 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 5,858 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 6,154 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 6,923 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 4,000 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1991 | 3,077 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1992 | 5,000 kg/ha | +62.5% |
| 1993 | 5,333 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 3,077 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 1995 | 3,381 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 3,728 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 3,720 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 3,663 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 2,941 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2000 | 3,333 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2001 | 3,684 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 4,000 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 4,286 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 4,546 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 4,783 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 4,942 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 4,802 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 4,582 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 5,200 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 7,152 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2011 | 6,676 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 7,750 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 15,470 kg/ha | +99.6% |
| 2014 | 8,912 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 2015 | 9,267 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 9,375 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 8,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 9,013 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 8,516 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 9,352 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 8,834 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 8,895 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 9,024 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 8,917 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 8,917 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,935 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 8,917 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +99.6% | 7,750 kg/ha | 15,470 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,236 kg/ha | 5,500 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,671 kg/ha | 5,332 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,791 kg/ha | 4,260 kg/ha | 6,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,792 kg/ha | 2,941 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,416 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,046 kg/ha | 6,676 kg/ha | 15,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,005 kg/ha | 8,834 kg/ha | 9,352 kg/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 — yield in Rwanda?
- Yams — yield in Rwanda was 8,917 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 15,470 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,941 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Rwanda rank for yams — yield?
- Rwanda ranks 30th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.