Cereal yield in Rwanda

Cereal farms in Rwanda harvested 1,784 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2013.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2024 1,784 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +11.1% 2023: 1,605 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Rwanda (2024).
Position in 2024 126th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Rwanda over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period RwandaWorld
2024 1,784 kg per hectare –
2023 1,605 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 1,511 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 1,519 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 1,474 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 1,443 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 1,441 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 1,387 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 1,447 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 1,429 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 1,408 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 2,129 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 2,114 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 2,089 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 1,966 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 1,734 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 1,267 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 1,015 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 1,138 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 1,184 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 959 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 942 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 1,028 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 913 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 848 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +11.1% from 1,605 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,408 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +26.7%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Rwanda has the 126th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Rwanda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)