Beans, dry — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 5,396 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 5,396 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Congo peaked at 6,300 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1981.
Congo ranks 80th of 129 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.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,100 ha | +10.8% |
| 1963 | 4,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 4,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 6,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 4,400 ha | -26.7% |
| 1980 | 3,242 ha | -26.3% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 3,384 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 3,468 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 3,600 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 3,931 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 4,200 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 4,405 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 4,794 ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 4,300 ha | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 4,476 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 4,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 4,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 4,431 ha | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 4,566 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 5,016 ha | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 4,960 ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 5,004 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,153 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 5,189 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 5,202 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 5,218 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 5,250 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 5,280 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,373 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 5,387 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,428 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 5,396 ha | -0.6% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 5,396 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58,254 ha, 9% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Congo's 5,396 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 6% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -26.7% | 6,000 ha | 4,400 ha |
| 1980 | -26.3% | 4,400 ha | 3,242 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,656 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,820 ha | 4,400 ha | 6,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,174 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,678 ha | 3,384 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,588 ha | 4,300 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,999 ha | 4,431 ha | 5,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,373 ha | 5,280 ha | 5,428 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 beans, dry — area harvested in Congo?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Congo was 5,396 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 6,300 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Congo rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 80th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.