Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square was 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Democratic Republic of Congo is 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 15.5% on the previous year and up 96.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3101 tonnes per square kilometre, in 2016.
That places Democratic Republic of Congo 175th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4411 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 2011 | 0.408 tonnes per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3176 tonnes per square kilometre | -22.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3458 tonnes per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 0.397 tonnes per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 2015 | 0.3983 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3101 tonnes per square kilometre | -22.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4504 tonnes per square kilometre | +45.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4318 tonnes per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 0.4786 tonnes per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4358 tonnes per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 0.5734 tonnes per square kilometre | +31.6% |
| 2022 | 0.5871 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre | +15.5% |
Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 6.13 tonnes per square kilometre, 11% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5.57 tonnes per square kilometre, 12% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3979 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.3101 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.4786 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5686 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.4358 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of Congo
- 172 Mauritania 0.8557 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 173 Myanmar 0.7048 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 174 Mali 0.6802 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 176 Libya 0.6246 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 177 Ukraine 0.5851 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 178 Guyana 0.5447 tonnes per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Democratic Republic of Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0893 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 72.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5489 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.678 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3101 tonnes per square kilometre in 2016.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 175th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.