Agricultural land in Rwanda
Agricultural land made up 75.7% of the land area of Rwanda in 2024.
Rwanda, 2024
75.7%
Change from 2023
+0.4percentage points
World, 2023
36.9%
Position in 2024
13th of 208
Agricultural land in Rwanda over time
View
Rwanda
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 75.7% | – |
| 2023 | 75.3% | 36.9% |
| 2022 | 78.3% | 37.0% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | 37.0% |
| 2020 | 73.6% | 36.9% |
| 2019 | 73.3% | 36.9% |
| 2018 | 75.8% | 36.9% |
| 2017 | 78.7% | 37.0% |
| 2016 | 79.4% | 36.8% |
| 2015 | 80.1% | 36.8% |
| 2014 | 80.7% | 37.0% |
| 2013 | 80.4% | 37.0% |
| 2012 | 80.1% | 37.0% |
| 2011 | 79.8% | 36.7% |
| 2010 | 79.4% | 36.5% |
| 2009 | 79.1% | 36.5% |
| 2008 | 78.7% | 36.5% |
| 2007 | 78.0% | 36.6% |
| 2006 | 78.6% | 36.6% |
| 2005 | 79.2% | 36.6% |
| 2004 | 79.8% | 36.6% |
| 2003 | 80.4% | 37.0% |
| 2002 | 81.0% | 37.1% |
| 2001 | 79.1% | 37.2% |
| 2000 | 76.3% | 37.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 75.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 80.7%, the figure has changed by −5.1 percentage points.
- Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Rwanda has the 13th highest value.
More for Rwanda
All statistics for Rwanda
Forest area
26.1%
2024 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,784 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.58e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
69.7%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
1.21e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
9.0e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT