Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Congo
Congo: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.002 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Congo stood at 0.002 ha per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Congo peaked at 0.0033 ha per person in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 ha per person, in 1961.
That places Congo 33rd out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0009 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0013 ha per person | +46.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0014 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0014 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0016 ha per person | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0016 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0015 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0018 ha per person | +21.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0021 ha per person | +16.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0028 ha per person | +29.3% |
| 1972 | 0.003 ha per person | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0029 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0025 ha per person | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0027 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0029 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0029 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0023 ha per person | -18.7% |
| 1979 | 0.002 ha per person | -16.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0017 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 0.002 ha per person | +13.1% |
| 1982 | 0.002 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.002 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0021 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 0.002 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0019 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0019 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0017 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0018 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0018 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0019 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0019 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.002 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.002 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 ha per person | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0023 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0024 ha per person | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0033 ha per person | +38.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0032 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0032 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0031 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0032 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.003 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0028 ha per person | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0027 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0027 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0027 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0029 ha per person | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0027 ha per person | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0025 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0024 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0024 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0024 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0023 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0023 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0023 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0022 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0022 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0022 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0021 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.002 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.002 ha per person | -2.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 0.002 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0007 ha per person, 2.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Congo's 0.002 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0016 ha per person, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +46.1% | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person |
| 1999 | +38.2% | 0.0024 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person |
| 1971 | +29.3% | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0018 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0032 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0024 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
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 bananas — area harvested, per capita in Congo?
- Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Congo was 0.002 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0033 ha per person in 1999.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 ha per person in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
- Congo ranks 33rd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.