Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 162,292 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Congo is 162,292 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Congo peaked at 162,292 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79,368 ha, in 1991.
Congo ranks 25th of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 95,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 94,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 96,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 97,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 97,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 98,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 100,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 104,719 ha | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 100,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 81,818 ha | -18.2% |
| 1977 | 101,818 ha | +24.4% |
| 1978 | 98,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 95,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 91,404 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 94,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 94,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 93,158 ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 96,389 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 99,677 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 96,350 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 102,752 ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 106,333 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 110,039 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 107,684 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 79,368 ha | -26.3% |
| 1992 | 81,238 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 96,228 ha | +18.5% |
| 1994 | 95,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 90,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 90,210 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 92,014 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 93,854 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 95,731 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 96,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 102,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 110,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 115,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 120,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 115,834 ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 115,959 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 127,229 ha | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 129,964 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 156,892 ha | +20.7% |
| 2015 | 154,472 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 150,935 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 154,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 154,875 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 153,235 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 152,445 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 152,381 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 152,795 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 154,302 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 162,292 ha | +5.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 162,292 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 150,434 ha, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Congo's 162,292 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 1.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -26.3% | 107,684 ha | 79,368 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96,556 ha | 94,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 97,936 ha | 81,818 ha | 104,719 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 98,410 ha | 91,404 ha | 110,039 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 92,473 ha | 79,368 ha | 107,684 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 106,960 ha | 92,014 ha | 125,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 141,350 ha | 115,834 ha | 156,892 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,843 ha | 152,381 ha | 162,292 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Congo?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Congo was 162,292 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 162,292 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 79,368 ha in 1991.
- How does Congo rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 25th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.