Cassava, fresh — Yield in Congo
Congo: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 10,541 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Congo is 10,541 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Congo peaked at 10,541 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,610 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places Congo 52nd out of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,053 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,053 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,947 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,106 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 4,844 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 4,742 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 4,619 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 4,610 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 4,750 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 4,990 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 4,900 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 4,918 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 5,500 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1976 | 6,796 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1977 | 5,500 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1978 | 5,918 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 6,316 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 6,875 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 7,093 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 7,339 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 7,157 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 7,157 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,156 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,196 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 7,161 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 7,161 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,353 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 6,505 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 7,373 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 7,387 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 6,564 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 7,607 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 7,862 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 8,127 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 8,214 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 8,206 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 9,000 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,144 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 9,139 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 9,158 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 9,319 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 9,501 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 9,969 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 9,848 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 9,915 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 10,106 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 10,120 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 10,220 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 10,370 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 10,529 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 10,118 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 9,979 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 10,147 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 10,342 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 10,471 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 10,500 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 10,472 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,506 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 10,541 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 10,541 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Congo's 10,541 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,929 kg/ha | 4,619 kg/ha | 5,106 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,420 kg/ha | 4,610 kg/ha | 6,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,065 kg/ha | 6,353 kg/ha | 7,339 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,684 kg/ha | 6,505 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,308 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 9,969 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,185 kg/ha | 9,915 kg/ha | 10,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,498 kg/ha | 10,471 kg/ha | 10,541 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 49 Guadeloupe 10,968 kg/ha compare
- 50 Sierra Leone 10,885 kg/ha compare
- 51 Colombia 10,632 kg/ha compare
- 53 Costa Rica 10,099 kg/ha compare
- 54 Argentina 10,071 kg/ha compare
- 55 Philippines 10,051 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Congo?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Congo was 10,541 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 10,541 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,610 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Congo rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Congo ranks 52nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.