Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 3,677 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Congo, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Congo stood at 3,677 ha. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Congo peaked at 3,677 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1993.
That places Congo 40th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 3,029 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 3,049 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 3,070 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 3,090 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 3,111 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,132 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 3,153 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 3,175 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 3,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 3,220 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 3,244 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 3,266 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 3,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 3,306 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 3,350 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 3,300 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 3,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 3,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 3,550 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 3,626 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 3,549 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 3,553 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,566 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,590 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 3,615 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 3,644 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 3,658 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,655 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,666 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,677 ha | +0.3% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 3,677 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,510 ha, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Congo's 3,677 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,901 ha, 94% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,069 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,132 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 3,251 ha | 3,153 ha | 3,350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,530 ha | 3,350 ha | 3,626 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,660 ha | 3,644 ha | 3,677 ha | 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 cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Congo?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Congo was 3,677 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 3,677 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Congo rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 40th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — 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.