Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 2,006 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 2,006 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Congo peaked at 2,071 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 686 ha, in 1995.
That places Congo 88th out of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 850 ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 816 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 750 ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 724 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 702 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 686 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 1,748 ha | +154.8% |
| 1997 | 1,757 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,814 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,855 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,875 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 1,796 ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 1,519 ha | -15.4% |
| 2003 | 1,772 ha | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 1,793 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,818 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,823 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,790 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 1,843 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,891 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1,923 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1,911 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,916 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,958 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 2,071 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 2,018 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,999 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,987 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,989 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,994 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,006 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,004 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,007 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,008 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,006 ha | -0.1% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 2,006 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,641 ha, 17% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Congo's 2,006 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 31% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +154.8% | 686 ha | 1,748 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 772.22 ha | 750 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 890 ha | 850 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 850 ha | 800 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,155 ha | 686 ha | 1,855 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,792 ha | 1,519 ha | 1,891 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,977 ha | 1,911 ha | 2,071 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,006 ha | 2,004 ha | 2,008 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Congo?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Congo was 2,006 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,071 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 686 ha in 1995.
- How does Congo rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 88th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.