Cereal yield in Rwanda
Rwanda: Cereal yield was 1,784 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Rwanda, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 1,784 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Rwanda peaked at 2,129 kg per hectare in 2013 and was at its lowest, 824.8 kg per hectare, in 1999.
Rwanda ranks 131st of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,173 kg per hectare | 854 kg per hectare | 1,454 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,073 kg per hectare | 936 kg per hectare | 1,122 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,186 kg per hectare | 1,066 kg per hectare | 1,283 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,103 kg per hectare | 824.8 kg per hectare | 1,446 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,103 kg per hectare | 848.3 kg per hectare | 1,734 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,685 kg per hectare | 1,387 kg per hectare | 2,129 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,578 kg per hectare | 1,474 kg per hectare | 1,784 kg per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- 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)
- Land under cereal production 546,634 hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 975,199 metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 31.84 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Rwanda?
- Cereal yield in Rwanda was 1,784 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,129 kg per hectare in 2013.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 824.8 kg per hectare in 1999.
- How does Rwanda rank for cereal yield?
- Rwanda ranks 131st out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.