Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 126,371 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 126,371 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 131,925 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,600 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 3,600 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 4,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1980 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 5,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 6,800 ha | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 7,200 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 7,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 12,500 ha | +68.9% |
| 1991 | 17,500 ha | +40.0% |
| 1992 | 22,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 1993 | 27,500 ha | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 32,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 37,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 42,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 1997 | 47,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 52,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 57,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 62,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 2001 | 67,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 72,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 77,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 82,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 87,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 90,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 99,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 103,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 110,498 ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 117,514 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 120,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 118,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 117,356 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 131,925 ha | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 122,427 ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 123,903 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 127,461 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 124,597 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 127,241 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 126,433 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 126,090 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 126,588 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 126,371 ha | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Democratic Republic of the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +68.9% | 7,400 ha | 12,500 ha |
| 1991 | +40.0% | 12,500 ha | 17,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,844 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,920 ha | 3,200 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,020 ha | 5,100 ha | 7,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,700 ha | 12,500 ha | 57,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,400 ha | 62,000 ha | 103,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121,368 ha | 110,498 ha | 131,925 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 126,545 ha | 126,090 ha | 127,241 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 126,371 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 131,925 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.