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Agricultural land in Rwanda

Agricultural land in Rwanda was 75.7% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.4 pts from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202475.7% Estimated
Change on 2023+0.4 pts
Rank14th of 224Countries ranked
Series high81.42021
Series low53.31961

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Agricultural land in Rwanda, 1961 to 2024

506070809019611971198119912001201120241961: 53.3 %1962: 53.7 %1963: 54.1 %1964: 54.5 %1965: 54.9 %1966: 55.3 %1967: 55.7 %1968: 56.1 %1969: 56.6 %1970: 56.9 %1971: 58.7 %1972: 61.1 %1973: 61 %1974: 64.2 %1975: 65.3 %1976: 66.4 %1977: 67.5 %1978: 68.1 %1979: 68.8 %1980: 69.5 %1981: 71.3 %1982: 72 %1983: 72.6 %1984: 73.3 %1985: 73.7 %1986: 74.2 %1987: 74.7 %1988: 75.1 %1989: 75.2 %1990: 76.1 %1991: 76 %1992: 74.3 %1993: 71.1 %1994: 62.8 %1995: 65.2 %1996: 67.2 %1997: 69.2 %1998: 70 %1999: 71.9 %2000: 76.3 %2001: 79.1 %2002: 81 %2003: 80.4 %2004: 79.8 %2005: 79.2 %2006: 78.6 %2007: 78 %2008: 78.7 %2009: 79.1 %2010: 79.4 %2011: 79.8 %2012: 80.1 %2013: 80.4 %2014: 80.8 %2015: 80.1 %2016: 79.4 %2017: 78.7 %2018: 75.8 %2019: 73.4 %2020: 73.6 %2021: 81.4 %2022: 78.3 %2023: 75.3 %2024: 75.7 %506070809019611983200520241961: 53.3 %1962: 53.7 %1963: 54.1 %1964: 54.5 %1965: 54.9 %1966: 55.3 %1967: 55.7 %1968: 56.1 %1969: 56.6 %1970: 56.9 %1971: 58.7 %1972: 61.1 %1973: 61 %1974: 64.2 %1975: 65.3 %1976: 66.4 %1977: 67.5 %1978: 68.1 %1979: 68.8 %1980: 69.5 %1981: 71.3 %1982: 72 %1983: 72.6 %1984: 73.3 %1985: 73.7 %1986: 74.2 %1987: 74.7 %1988: 75.1 %1989: 75.2 %1990: 76.1 %1991: 76 %1992: 74.3 %1993: 71.1 %1994: 62.8 %1995: 65.2 %1996: 67.2 %1997: 69.2 %1998: 70 %1999: 71.9 %2000: 76.3 %2001: 79.1 %2002: 81 %2003: 80.4 %2004: 79.8 %2005: 79.2 %2006: 78.6 %2007: 78 %2008: 78.7 %2009: 79.1 %2010: 79.4 %2011: 79.8 %2012: 80.1 %2013: 80.4 %2014: 80.8 %2015: 80.1 %2016: 79.4 %2017: 78.7 %2018: 75.8 %2019: 73.4 %2020: 73.6 %2021: 81.4 %2022: 78.3 %2023: 75.3 %2024: 75.7 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202475.7 Estimated
202375.3 Estimated
202278.3 Estimated
202181.4 Estimated
202073.6 Estimated
201973.4 Estimated
201875.8 Estimated
201778.7 Estimated
201679.4 Estimated
201580.1 Estimated
201480.8 Estimated
201380.4 Estimated
201280.1 Estimated
201179.8 Estimated
201079.4 Estimated
200979.1 Estimated
200878.7 Estimated
200778 Estimated
200678.6 Estimated
200579.2 Estimated
200479.8 Estimated
200380.4 Estimated
200281 Estimated
200179.1 Estimated
200076.3 Estimated
199971.9 Estimated
199870 Estimated
199769.2 Estimated
199667.2 Estimated
199565.2 Estimated
199462.8 Estimated
199371.1 Estimated
199274.3 Estimated
199176 Estimated
199076.1 Estimated
198975.2 Estimated
198875.1 Estimated
198774.7 Estimated
198674.2 Estimated
198573.7 Estimated
198473.3 Estimated
198372.6 Estimated
198272 Estimated
198171.3 Estimated
198069.5 Estimated
197968.8 Estimated
197868.1 Estimated
197767.5 Estimated
197666.4 Estimated
197565.3 Estimated
197464.2 Estimated
197361 Estimated
197261.1 Estimated
197158.7 Estimated
197056.9 Estimated
196956.6 Estimated
196856.1 Estimated
196755.7 Estimated
196655.3 Estimated
196554.9 Estimated
196454.5 Estimated
196354.1 Estimated
196253.7 Estimated
196153.3 Estimated

Rwanda compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Rwanda is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Rwanda, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Rwanda, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/rwanda. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Rwanda, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/rwanda.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Rwanda, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/rwanda (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Rwanda?

Agricultural land in Rwanda was 75.7% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.4 pts from 2023. That is the 14th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Rwanda?

81.4% in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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