Cereals, primary — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cereals, primary — Yield was 871.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 871.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 897.4 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 646 kg/ha, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 699.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 700.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 692 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 692.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 646 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 695.1 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 699.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 710.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 710.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 727.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 725.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 746.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 741.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 744 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 747.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 745.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 739.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 728.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 799 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 798.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 822.5 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 833.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 833.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 850.2 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 799.6 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 789.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 821.8 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 797.9 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 802 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 799.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 802.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 782.2 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 790.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 793.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 765.8 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 780.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 801.7 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 811 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 787.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 786.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 786.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 772 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 771.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 771.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 771.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 771.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 771.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 771.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 771.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 784.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 771.1 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 771.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 772.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 769 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 768.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 785.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 794.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 812.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 836.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 876.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 897.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 850.4 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 863.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 871.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 694.03 kg/ha | 646 kg/ha | 710.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 744.47 kg/ha | 725.4 kg/ha | 799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 815 kg/ha | 789.9 kg/ha | 850.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 791.51 kg/ha | 765.8 kg/ha | 811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 774.65 kg/ha | 771.5 kg/ha | 786.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 786.58 kg/ha | 768.9 kg/ha | 836.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 871.9 kg/ha | 850.4 kg/ha | 897.4 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 871.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 897.4 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 646 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 19th out of 19 regions with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.