Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 34,588 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Congo stood at 34,588 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Congo peaked at 34,720 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Congo 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 9,600 ha | +35.2% |
| 1964 | 9,650 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 9,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 11,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 10,500 ha | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1971 | 10,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 13,084 ha | +24.6% |
| 1973 | 18,000 ha | +37.6% |
| 1974 | 26,099 ha | +45.0% |
| 1975 | 31,883 ha | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 32,180 ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 31,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 29,500 ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 29,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 13,855 ha | -52.2% |
| 1981 | 13,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 13,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 16,600 ha | +26.7% |
| 1984 | 21,200 ha | +27.7% |
| 1985 | 20,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 25,885 ha | +23.9% |
| 1987 | 25,890 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 25,946 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 25,979 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 9,633 ha | -62.9% |
| 1991 | 9,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 10,078 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 13,400 ha | +33.0% |
| 1994 | 13,616 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 15,149 ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 15,652 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 15,990 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 16,987 ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 12,951 ha | -23.8% |
| 2000 | 12,956 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 23,257 ha | +79.5% |
| 2002 | 24,878 ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 28,420 ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 28,339 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 28,666 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 27,900 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 27,906 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 29,750 ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 30,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 31,585 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 31,811 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 32,784 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 33,843 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 32,099 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 33,139 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 34,173 ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 34,720 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 34,349 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 34,716 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 33,667 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 34,460 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 34,326 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 34,458 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 34,588 ha | +0.4% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 34,588 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 4% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Congo's 34,588 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 3% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +79.5% | 12,956 ha | 23,257 ha |
| 1990 | -62.9% | 25,979 ha | 9,633 ha |
| 1980 | -52.2% | 29,000 ha | 13,855 ha |
| 1974 | +45.0% | 18,000 ha | 26,099 ha |
| 1973 | +37.6% | 13,084 ha | 18,000 ha |
| 1963 | +35.2% | 7,100 ha | 9,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,683 ha | 7,000 ha | 11,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,115 ha | 9,000 ha | 32,180 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,306 ha | 13,100 ha | 25,979 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,326 ha | 9,633 ha | 16,987 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,227 ha | 12,956 ha | 30,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,322 ha | 31,585 ha | 34,720 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,300 ha | 33,667 ha | 34,588 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Congo?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Congo was 34,588 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 34,720 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 140th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — 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 Cereals, primary — 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.