Africa vs Congo: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Africa
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 12,469 kg/ha against 4,028 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 8,441 kg/ha.
That makes Congo's figure about 3.1 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Congo has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 17th and Congo ranks 20th of 18 groups.
Congo has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,429 kg/ha | 12,695 kg/ha | 9,266 kg/ha | Congo |
| 1970s | 3,687 kg/ha | 13,038 kg/ha | 9,350 kg/ha | Congo |
| 1980s | 3,698 kg/ha | 12,200 kg/ha | 8,502 kg/ha | Congo |
| 1990s | 3,695 kg/ha | 12,211 kg/ha | 8,516 kg/ha | Congo |
| 2000s | 3,730 kg/ha | 12,503 kg/ha | 8,774 kg/ha | Congo |
| 2010s | 4,017 kg/ha | 12,489 kg/ha | 8,472 kg/ha | Congo |
| 2020s | 4,040 kg/ha | 12,484 kg/ha | 8,444 kg/ha | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Africa or Congo?
- Congo, at 12,469 kg/ha against 4,028 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Africa and Congo?
- 8,441 kg/ha, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Congo?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Congo rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Africa ranks 17th and Congo ranks 20th of 18 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.