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Rwanda: Arable land (% of land area)

48.92percent · 2024-6.2% since 2014

Arable land 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. Annual figures for Rwanda from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202448.917
202347.16
202249.245
202150.875
202049.234
201948.318
201850.061
201752.25
201652.209
201552.209
201452.169
201351.115
201250.061
201149.047
201047.994
200946.94
200845.886
200745.805
200645.683
200545.561
200445.44
200345.359
200245.237
200144.589
200040.535
199935.103
199833.239
199732.428
199630.401
199528.375
199428.375
199334.455
199235.671
199135.671
199035.671
198934.455
198834.414
198734.131
198633.806
198533.522
198433.239
198332.631
198232.023
198131.415
198030.807
197930.199
197829.591
197728.983
197628.375
197527.807
197427.077
197324.726
197225.172
197122.7
197021.159
196921.403
196821.119
196720.876
196620.673
196520.47
196420.268
196320.065
196219.862
196119.66

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Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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