Avocados — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Avocados — Area harvested was 1,232 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 1,232 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Congo peaked at 1,232 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1981.
Congo ranks 35th of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 850 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 700 ha | -17.6% |
| 1982 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 700 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 714 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 750 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 731 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 725 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 717 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 722 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 752 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 743 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 732 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 702 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 705 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 809 ha | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 810 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 850 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 930 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 940 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 980 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 1,021 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 1,050 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,080 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,107 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,133 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 1,164 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 1,191 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 1,179 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,169 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,168 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,174 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,204 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,212 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,222 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,232 ha | +0.8% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1,232 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,402 ha, 51% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1,232 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,071 ha, 40% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 866.67 ha | 800 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 865 ha | 800 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 725 ha | 700 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 728.6 ha | 700 ha | 752 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 852.6 ha | 702 ha | 980 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,126 ha | 1,021 ha | 1,191 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,209 ha | 1,174 ha | 1,232 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Congo?
- Avocados — area harvested in Congo was 1,232 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,232 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1981.
- How does Congo rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 35th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.