What is the price of rice per kilogram/pound in Rwanda today?
The retail price range for Rwanda rice is between US$ 1.89 and US$ 2.47 per kilogram or between US$ 0.86 and US$ 1.12 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of rice in Rwanda
The retail price range in Rwanda Franc for rice is between RWF 2,126.38 and RWF 2,780.65 per kilogram or between RWF 964.34 and RWF 1,261.06 per pound(lb) in Kigali and Musanze.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Rwanda rice is between US$ 1.32 and US$ 1.73 per kilogram or between US$ 0.60 and US$ 0.79 per pound(lb).
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Rwanda Rice Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Rice from Rwanda over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2013, the price was 0.75 US $ per kg, and by 2021, it had dropped to 0.56 US $ per kg. This represents a decrease of 25.3%. There was a slight increase in 2018, when the price rose to 0.59 US $ per kg, but it quickly returned to the downward trend. Based on this data, it is likely that the export price of Rice from Rwanda will remain around 0.56 US $ per kg in 2023 and 2024.The exports of rice from Rwanda are categorised as:
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
Rwanda Rice Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Rice into Rwanda over the last five years has seen a steady decline. In 2013, the price was 0.75 US dollars per kg, and this decreased to 0.68 US dollars per kg in 2014. This downward trend continued in 2015, when the price dropped to 0.63 US dollars per kg. In 2016, the price decreased further to 0.59 US dollars per kg, and in 2017, it dropped to 0.57 US dollars per kg. However, in 2018, the price rose slightly to 0.59 US dollars per kg, before dropping again in 2019 to 0.56 US dollars per kg. The price remained at 0.56 US dollars per kg in 2020, before increasing slightly to 0.57 US dollars per kg in 2021. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Rice into Rwanda will remain at 0.57 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 2024.Export values for Rwanda rice
The total values in export for rice in Rwanda were US$ 730,176, US$ 1,000,512, US$ 1,042,336 and US$ 1,031,680 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Cereals/Grains category in Rwanda: Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Maize, Sorghum, Buckwheet, Millet, Canary seed & Fonio.
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Rwanda rice - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Rwanda sold 1,852,096 tonnes of rice. For the year 2019 alone, the market for Rwanda rice (cereals/grains category) has climbed, flactuating by 5.447 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, rice's exports grew by 5.66 pc netting the nation US$1,031.68m for the year 2019. Rwanda's rice exports are classified as:
- Rice in the husk, "paddy" or rough (HS code 100610)
- Broken rice (HS code 100640)
- Husked or brown rice (HS code 100620)
- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed (HS code 100630)
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Rwanda rice export values
In 2019, Rwanda exported rice valued at 1,031.68m USD, a drop of -1.02% from 2018's total rice export of 1042.336m USD. The annual reduction in value of Rwanda rice between 2017 to 2018 was 4.18 per cent.
The per year variation in the quantity of Rwanda's rice exports between 2017 and 2019 was 5.66% when compared to a variation of 5.447% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for Rwanda rice ( in '000$ )
Rwanda's top export markets for rice are Burundi, Canada, Pakistan, Sudan and Uganda.
Rwanda ordered 3,593,440 tonnes of rice in 2019.
Production
The production of rice in Rwanda was 14,037,696 tonnes in 2019 and is estimated to change by an average of 9.71%. The country had approximately 4,210,688.00 hectares under rice cultivation.