Congo vs Suriname: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Congo
34,588 ha
in 2024
Suriname
50,824 ha
in 2024
Congo rank
140th
Suriname rank
137th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Congo
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 50,824 ha against 34,588 ha in Congo, a difference of 16,236 ha.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.5 times Congo's.

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

Congo ranks 140th and Suriname ranks 137th of 178 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Congo Suriname Difference Ahead
1960s 9,683 ha 30,963 ha 21,280 ha Suriname
1970s 23,115 ha 46,700 ha 23,585 ha Suriname
1980s 20,306 ha 71,861 ha 51,555 ha Suriname
1990s 13,326 ha 57,573 ha 44,248 ha Suriname
2000s 26,227 ha 46,452 ha 20,225 ha Suriname
2010s 33,322 ha 58,034 ha 24,712 ha Suriname
2020s 34,300 ha 53,286 ha 18,986 ha Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Congo or Suriname?
Suriname, at 50,824 ha against 34,588 ha in Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Congo and Suriname?
16,236 ha, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Suriname?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Congo and Suriname rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Congo ranks 140th and Suriname ranks 137th 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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About this data

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.