Agriculture & Rural in Rwanda

3,583 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Rwanda.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production 11,493 t 2023 up 4.5% 106th
Rural population, per square kilometre 402.43 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% 4th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 138,866 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 85.9% 26th
Fertilizer consumption 31.84 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 203.9% 139th
Agricultural land 18,831 sq. km 2023 down 4.9% 120th
Arable land 1.16 million hectares 2023 down 8.1% 101st
Arable land 0.0831 hectares per person 2023 down 26.9% 128th
Arable land 47.0% 2023 down 8.1% 8th
Permanent cropland 13.7% 2023 up 9.4% 16th
Land area 24,670 sq. km 2023 unchanged 146th
Meat supply per person 6.43 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 20.8% 187th
Meat supply vs. GDP per capita 6.43 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 20.8% 187th
Fish and seafood consumption per capita 5.15 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 10.3% 159th
Fish and seafood consumption vs. GDP per capita 5.15 kilograms per year per capita 2023 up 10.3% 159th
Fertilizer use per hectare of arable land 31.84 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 203.9% 139th
Share of land area used for agriculture 76.3% 2023 down 4.9% 9th
Share of land area used for arable agriculture 47.0% 2023 down 8.1% 8th
Projections for global peak agricultural land 1.88 million hectares 2023 down 4.9% 122nd
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel 0 tonnes 2023 138th
Per capita meat consumption by type 1.43 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 7.7% 47th
Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita 10.1 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 136.0% 144th
Daily meat consumption per person 17.62 grams per day per capita 2023 down 20.8% 187th
Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... 52.19 million tonnes 2023 down 11.8% 187th
Per capita meat consumption in the United States 0.9 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 29.7% 186th
Share of cereals allocated to human food 96.0% 2023 up 50.8% 27th
Share of cereals allocated to human food vs. GDP per capita 96.0% 2023 up 50.8% 27th
Share of cereals allocated to animal feed 4.0% 2023 down 89.0% 161st
Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses 0.0% 2023 138th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? 545,000 tonnes 2023 up 78.7% 127th
Agricultural land use 1.88 million hectares 2023 down 4.9% 122nd
Share of cereals allocated to food, animal feed or fuel 1.23 million tonnes 2023 up 93.9% 100th
Per capita meat and fish consumption 0.9 kilograms per year per capita 2023 down 29.7% 186th
Fertilizer use per capita 0.53 Kilograms per capita 2023 up 165.0% 118th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade -4.9% 2023 down 198.2% 189th
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 24.64 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 192.6% 136th
Change in food supply, population, and agricultural land use 33.56 billion kilocalories per day 2023 up 40.9% 89th
Nitrogen fertilizer use 15,117 tonnes 2023 up 124.9% 124th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, annual growth rate -0.0909 % change on previous year 2024 up 95.9% 64th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1474 % change on previous year 2024 up 94.5% 72nd
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 1,153 kg/ha 2024 down 3.3% 96th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 52,344 1000 USD 2024 down 30.7% 101st
Beans, dry — Area harvested 660,495 ha 2024 up 41.8% 12th
Beans, dry — Production 478,344 t 2024 up 15.2% 13th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Gross Production Value 10,492 1000 Int$ 2024 up 0.4% 52nd
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 207.07 2024 up 112.1% 13th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross per capita 169.03 2024 up 69.0% 16th
Meat, Total — Production, per capita 0.0069 t per person 2024 down 22.0% 151st
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) 9,100 t 2024 up 104.8% 86th
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Area 2,153 ha 2024 up 566.6% 58th
Beans, dry — Gross Production Value 364,613 1000 Int$ 2024 up 15.2% 13th
Beans, dry — Yield 724.2 kg/ha 2024 down 18.8% 103rd
Meat, Total — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 47.4% 56th
Fruit Primary — Production, per capita 0.1819 t per person 2024 up 5.9% 36th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 43.1% 2025 down 34.2% 40th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 28.2% 2025 down 37.7% 67th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 35.1% 2025 down 35.9% 47th
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 1,815 1000 No 2025 down 9.4% 48th
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 788.2 1000 No 2025 down 10.5% 55th
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO 1,027 1000 No 2025 down 8.5% 37th
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Share of employment in agriculture in 35.1 % 2025 down 35.8% 40th