Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 53,617 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 53,617 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.1% on the previous year and up 197.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Congo peaked at 57,908 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,700 ha, in 2007.
Congo ranks 20th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,021 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,201 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,688 ha | 4,200 ha | 5,675 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,733 ha | 4,436 ha | 6,467 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,388 ha | 2,700 ha | 4,346 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,712 ha | 4,592 ha | 42,170 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,093 ha | 27,533 ha | 57,908 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 17 Uganda 103,197 ha compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
- 19 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,391 ha compare
- 21 Mexico 52,274 ha compare
- 22 Guinea 50,901 ha compare
- 23 Sao Tome and Principe 43,874 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture share gdp 10.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 35.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 2.33 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 86,254 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Congo?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Congo was 53,617 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 57,908 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 2007.
- How does Congo rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 20th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 197.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — 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.