Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Rwanda

Arable land in Rwanda in 2023 — 1,159,071 ha. Ranked 101 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 139%.

2023 1.16M ha −6.41% vs 2022
World rank 101of 206
Period maximum 1.29M ha2017
Period minimum 485,000 ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Rwanda, 1961–2023250,000500,000750,0001M1.25M1.5M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 485,000 ha1963: 495,000 ha1965: 505,000 ha1967: 515,000 ha1969: 528,000 ha1971: 560,000 ha1973: 610,000 ha1975: 686,000 ha1977: 715,000 ha1979: 745,000 ha1981: 775,000 ha1983: 805,000 ha1985: 827,000 ha1987: 842,000 ha1989: 850,000 ha1991: 880,000 ha1993: 850,000 ha1995: 700,000 ha1997: 800,000 ha1999: 866,000 ha2001: 1,100,000 ha2003: 1,119,000 ha2005: 1,124,000 ha2007: 1,130,000 ha2009: 1,158,000 ha2011: 1,210,000 ha2013: 1,261,000 ha2015: 1,288,000 ha2017: 1,289,000 ha2019: 1,192,000 ha2021: 1,268,400 ha2023: 1,159,071 ha
Change over the period: +674,071 (+138.98%) Average annual rate: 1.42 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Rwanda

Rwanda 1.16M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Low-income countries computed 142M ha
Arable land — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.16M −79,376 −6.41%
2022 1.24M −29,953 −2.36%
2021 1.27M +53,800 +4.43%
2020 1.21M +22,600 +1.9%
2019 1.19M −43,000 −3.48%
2018 1.24M −54,000 −4.19%
2017 1.29M +1,000 +0.08%
2016 1.29M +0 +0%
2015 1.29M +1,000 +0.08%
2014 1.29M +26,000 +2.06%
2013 1.26M +26,000 +2.11%
2012 1.24M +25,000 +2.07%
2011 1.21M +26,000 +2.2%
2010 1.18M +26,000 +2.25%
2009 1.16M +26,000 +2.3%
2008 1.13M +2,000 +0.18%
2007 1.13M +3,000 +0.27%
2006 1.13M +3,000 +0.27%
2005 1.12M +3,000 +0.27%
2004 1.12M +2,000 +0.18%
2003 1.12M +3,000 +0.27%
2002 1.12M +16,000 +1.45%
2001 1.1M +100,000 +10%
2000 1M +134,000 +15.47%
1999 866,000 +46,000 +5.61%
1998 820,000 +20,000 +2.5%
1997 800,000 +50,000 +6.67%
1996 750,000 +50,000 +7.14%
1995 700,000 +0 +0%
1994 700,000 −150,000 −17.65%
1993 850,000 −30,000 −3.41%
1992 880,000 +0 +0%
1991 880,000 +0 +0%
1990 880,000 +30,000 +3.53%
1989 850,000 +1,000 +0.12%
1988 849,000 +7,000 +0.83%
1987 842,000 +8,000 +0.96%
1986 834,000 +7,000 +0.85%
1985 827,000 +7,000 +0.85%
1984 820,000 +15,000 +1.86%
1983 805,000 +15,000 +1.9%
1982 790,000 +15,000 +1.94%
1981 775,000 +15,000 +1.97%
1980 760,000 +15,000 +2.01%
1979 745,000 +15,000 +2.05%
1978 730,000 +15,000 +2.1%
1977 715,000 +15,000 +2.14%
1976 700,000 +14,000 +2.04%
1975 686,000 +18,000 +2.69%
1974 668,000 +58,000 +9.51%
1973 610,000 −11,000 −1.77%
1972 621,000 +61,000 +10.89%
1971 560,000 +38,000 +7.28%
1970 522,000 −6,000 −1.14%
1969 528,000 +7,000 +1.34%
1968 521,000 +6,000 +1.17%
1967 515,000 +5,000 +0.98%
1966 510,000 +5,000 +0.99%
1965 505,000 +5,000 +1%
1964 500,000 +5,000 +1.01%
1963 495,000 +5,000 +1.02%
1962 490,000 +5,000 +1.03%
1961 485,000

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.