Rwanda Arable Land 1960-2024

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
  • Rwanda arable land for 2022 was 0, a 100% decline from 2021.
  • Rwanda arable land for 2021 was 1,268,400, a 4.43% increase from 2020.
  • Rwanda arable land for 2020 was 1,214,600, a 1.9% increase from 2019.
  • Rwanda arable land for 2019 was 1,192,000, a 3.48% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
Rwanda Arable Land - Historical Data
Year Hectares Per Capita Percent
2022 0 0.00 0.00%
2021 1,268,400 0.09 51.41%
2020 1,214,600 0.09 49.23%
2019 1,192,000 0.09 48.32%
2018 1,235,000 0.10 50.06%
2017 1,289,000 0.11 52.25%
2016 1,288,000 0.11 52.21%
2015 1,288,000 0.11 52.21%
2014 1,287,000 0.11 52.17%
2013 1,261,000 0.11 51.11%
2012 1,235,000 0.11 50.06%
2011 1,210,000 0.11 49.05%
2010 1,184,000 0.11 47.99%
2009 1,158,000 0.12 46.94%
2008 1,132,000 0.12 45.89%
2007 1,130,000 0.12 45.80%
2006 1,127,000 0.12 45.68%
2005 1,124,000 0.12 45.56%
2004 1,121,000 0.13 45.44%
2003 1,119,000 0.13 45.36%
2002 1,116,000 0.13 45.24%
2001 1,100,000 0.13 44.59%
2000 1,000,000 0.12 40.54%
1999 866,000 0.11 35.10%
1998 820,000 0.10 33.24%
1997 800,000 0.10 32.43%
1996 750,000 0.11 30.40%
1995 700,000 0.12 28.37%
1994 700,000 0.10 28.37%
1993 850,000 0.11 34.45%
1992 880,000 0.11 35.67%
1991 880,000 0.12 35.67%
1990 880,000 0.12 35.67%
1989 850,000 0.12 34.45%
1988 849,000 0.12 34.41%
1987 842,000 0.13 34.13%
1986 834,000 0.13 33.81%
1985 827,000 0.13 33.52%
1984 820,000 0.14 33.24%
1983 805,000 0.14 32.63%
1982 790,000 0.14 32.02%
1981 775,000 0.14 31.41%
1980 760,000 0.14 30.81%
1979 745,000 0.15 30.20%
1978 730,000 0.15 29.59%
1977 715,000 0.15 28.98%
1976 700,000 0.15 28.37%
1975 686,000 0.15 27.81%
1974 668,000 0.15 27.08%
1973 610,000 0.14 24.73%
1972 621,000 0.15 25.17%
1971 560,000 0.14 22.70%
1970 522,000 0.13 21.16%
1969 528,000 0.14 21.40%
1968 521,000 0.14 21.12%
1967 515,000 0.15 20.88%
1966 510,000 0.15 20.67%
1965 505,000 0.15 20.47%
1964 500,000 0.15 20.27%
1963 495,000 0.16 20.06%
1962 490,000 0.16 19.86%
1961 485,000 0.16 19.66%
1960 0 0.00 0.00%