Yields of key staple crops in Rwanda
Rwanda: Yields of key staple crops was 1.27 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, yields of key staple crops in Rwanda stood at 1.27 tonnes per hectare. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Rwanda peaked at 1.27 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3953 tonnes per hectare, in 1964.
That places Rwanda 110th out of 125 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7704 tonnes per hectare | 0.3953 tonnes per hectare | 0.8499 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8219 tonnes per hectare | 0.6916 tonnes per hectare | 0.9001 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.925 tonnes per hectare | 0.7059 tonnes per hectare | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9322 tonnes per hectare | 0.6974 tonnes per hectare | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.805 tonnes per hectare | 0.6171 tonnes per hectare | 0.9255 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.997 tonnes per hectare | 0.9215 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.3% (2025)
- Rural population 10.07 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 69.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 546,634 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Rwanda?
- Yields of key staple crops in Rwanda was 1.27 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3953 tonnes per hectare in 1964.
- How does Rwanda rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Rwanda ranks 110th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.