What is the difference in rice yields between Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan?

0.0618 tonnes per hectare, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan?

10 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs South Sudan: Rice yields

Democratic Republic of Congo

1.05 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

South Sudan

0.9882 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

117th

South Sudan rank

119th

Rice yields over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
South Sudan

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 1.05 tonnes per hectare against 0.9882 tonnes per hectare in South Sudan, a difference of 0.0618 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times South Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2015 it was South Sudan ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 117th and South Sudan ranks 119th of 124 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 1 and South Sudan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	South Sudan	Difference	Ahead
2010s	0.8575 tonnes per hectare	0.8808 tonnes per hectare	0.0233 tonnes per hectare	South Sudan
2020s	1.08 tonnes per hectare	0.9997 tonnes per hectare	0.0776 tonnes per hectare	Democratic Republic of Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rice yields, Democratic Republic of Congo or South Sudan?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 1.05 tonnes per hectare against 0.9882 tonnes per hectare in South Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in rice yields between Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan?: 0.0618 tonnes per hectare, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan?: 10 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan rank globally for rice yields?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 117th and South Sudan ranks 119th of 124 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rice yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 124 places, 7,162 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.