Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Rwanda

Rwanda: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5486 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.5486
Change on year
down 7.2%
World rank
56th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.1
in 1964
All-time low
0.5153
in 2012
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Rwanda, 1961–2023

00.250.50.751196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Rwanda stood at 0.5486.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.2% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Rwanda peaked at 1.1 in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.5153, in 2012.

That places Rwanda 56th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.8949 0.7263 1.1 9
1970s 0.7649 0.6842 0.8627 10
1980s 0.6864 0.6302 0.7498 10
1990s 0.7186 0.5562 0.968 10
2000s 0.6788 0.5845 0.7838 10
2010s 0.6462 0.5153 0.7863 10
2020s 0.592 0.5486 0.6191 4

Countries ranked near Rwanda

  1. 53 Vanuatu 0.5845 compare
  2. 54 Sweden 0.575 compare
  3. 55 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5521 compare
  4. 57 Dominica 0.5457 compare
  5. 58 Argentina 0.5376 compare
  6. 59 Bolivia 0.5273 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Rwanda?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Rwanda was 0.5486 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Rwanda?
The highest recorded value was 1.1 in 1964.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Rwanda?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5153 in 2012.
How does Rwanda rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Rwanda ranks 56th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Rwanda?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Rwanda data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).