Brazil vs Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Brazil
27.78 million ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo
5.03 million ha
in 2024
Brazil rank
6th
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
8th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Brazil
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 27.78 million ha against 5.03 million ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 22.75 million ha.

That makes Brazil's figure about 5.5 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 6th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th of 178 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Democratic Republic of the Congo Difference Ahead
1960s 13.50 million ha 759,096 ha 12.74 million ha Brazil
1970s 18.97 million ha 998,448 ha 17.97 million ha Brazil
1980s 21.11 million ha 1.38 million ha 19.73 million ha Brazil
1990s 18.55 million ha 1.96 million ha 16.60 million ha Brazil
2000s 19.22 million ha 1.98 million ha 17.24 million ha Brazil
2010s 20.84 million ha 3.91 million ha 16.93 million ha Brazil
2020s 26.71 million ha 4.64 million ha 22.07 million ha Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Brazil or Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Brazil, at 27.78 million ha against 5.03 million ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Brazil and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
22.75 million ha, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Democratic Republic of the Congo rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Brazil ranks 6th and Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.