Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 82,078 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
82,078 ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
6th
of 15 countries
All-time high
186,100 ha
in 1970
All-time low
66,800 ha
in 1966
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 82,078 ha, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 186,100 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 66,800 ha, in 1966.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year

Annual values for Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 110,600 ha
1962 128,600 ha +16.3%
1963 128,600 ha +0.0%
1964 86,600 ha -32.7%
1965 67,700 ha -21.8%
1966 66,800 ha -1.3%
1967 73,900 ha +10.6%
1968 127,800 ha +72.9%
1969 149,800 ha +17.2%
1970 186,100 ha +24.2%
1971 173,900 ha -6.6%
1972 167,100 ha -3.9%
1973 183,260 ha +9.7%
1974 170,750 ha -6.8%
1975 157,700 ha -7.6%
1976 150,300 ha -4.7%
1977 143,300 ha -4.7%
1978 146,800 ha +2.4%
1979 101,600 ha -30.8%
1980 98,700 ha -2.9%
1981 89,700 ha -9.1%
1982 176,800 ha +97.1%
1983 181,800 ha +2.8%
1984 180,900 ha -0.5%
1985 156,700 ha -13.4%
1986 136,800 ha -12.7%
1987 116,800 ha -14.6%
1988 82,900 ha -29.0%
1989 91,900 ha +10.9%
1990 82,000 ha -10.8%
1991 82,100 ha +0.1%
1992 75,300 ha -8.3%
1993 75,500 ha +0.3%
1994 75,600 ha +0.1%
1995 74,800 ha -1.1%
1996 74,900 ha +0.1%
1997 75,084 ha +0.2%
1998 72,600 ha -3.3%
1999 74,162 ha +2.2%
2000 76,070 ha +2.6%
2001 77,984 ha +2.5%
2002 77,650 ha -0.4%
2003 77,855 ha +0.3%
2004 80,789 ha +3.8%
2005 81,650 ha +1.1%
2006 82,800 ha +1.4%
2007 83,166 ha +0.4%
2008 84,400 ha +1.5%
2009 69,253 ha -17.9%
2010 71,000 ha +2.5%
2011 75,000 ha +5.6%
2012 76,200 ha +1.6%
2013 76,200 ha +0.0%
2014 77,300 ha +1.4%
2015 79,812 ha +3.2%
2016 80,943 ha +1.4%
2017 80,307 ha -0.8%
2018 80,019 ha -0.4%
2019 80,150 ha +0.2%
2020 80,115 ha -0.0%
2021 80,835 ha +0.9%
2022 81,445 ha +0.8%
2023 81,752 ha +0.4%
2024 82,078 ha +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 104,489 ha 66,800 ha 149,800 ha 9
1970s 158,081 ha 101,600 ha 186,100 ha 10
1980s 131,300 ha 82,900 ha 181,800 ha 10
1990s 76,205 ha 72,600 ha 82,100 ha 10
2000s 79,162 ha 69,253 ha 84,400 ha 10
2010s 77,693 ha 71,000 ha 80,943 ha 10
2020s 81,245 ha 80,115 ha 82,078 ha 5

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo

  1. 3 China 2.90 million ha compare
  2. 4 China, mainland 2.90 million ha compare
  3. 4 United Republic of Tanzania 528,464 ha compare
  4. 5 Brazil 2.11 million ha compare
  5. 5 Türkiye 466,942 ha compare
  6. 6 Pakistan 2.04 million ha compare
  7. 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 50,000 ha compare
  8. 7 Uzbekistan 964,810 ha compare
  9. 8 Bangladesh 740,330 ha compare
  10. 9 Burkina Faso 651,844 ha compare
  11. 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 40,072 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 82,078 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The highest recorded value was 186,100 ha in 1970.
What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 66,800 ha in 1966.
How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th out of 15 countries with data for 2024.
Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
176 places, 9,571 data points, 1961–2024
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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.