Coffee, green — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 10,455 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — area harvested in Congo stood at 10,455 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Congo peaked at 10,655 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,295 ha, in 1998.
That places Congo 35th out of 75 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.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,117 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 5,134 ha | +24.7% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 1980 | 3,355 ha | -16.1% |
| 1981 | 3,600 ha | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,750 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 3,835 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 4,010 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 4,150 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 3,230 ha | -22.2% |
| 1991 | 3,510 ha | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 3,491 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 3,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 3,726 ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 3,826 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 3,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 3,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 2,295 ha | -28.3% |
| 1999 | 4,996 ha | +117.7% |
| 2000 | 5,166 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 5,373 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 5,623 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 6,600 ha | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 8,350 ha | +26.5% |
| 2005 | 10,000 ha | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 9,300 ha | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 9,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 9,020 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 9,388 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 9,364 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 9,564 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 9,878 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 10,014 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 10,237 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 10,043 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 10,350 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 10,655 ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 10,349 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 10,451 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 10,485 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,428 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 10,455 ha | +0.3% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 10,455 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,466 ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Congo's 10,455 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +117.7% | 2,295 ha | 4,996 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,278 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,485 ha | 3,800 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,770 ha | 3,355 ha | 4,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,517 ha | 2,295 ha | 4,996 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,591 ha | 5,166 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,851 ha | 9,020 ha | 10,655 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,434 ha | 10,349 ha | 10,485 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Congo?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Congo was 10,455 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 10,655 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,295 ha in 1998.
- How does Congo rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 35th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.