Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 49,569 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Congo is 49,569 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Congo peaked at 54,750 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 18,500 ha, in 1970.
Congo ranks 37th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,000 ha | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 27,000 ha | -30.8% |
| 1964 | 26,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 18,500 ha | -10.6% |
| 1971 | 23,000 ha | +24.3% |
| 1972 | 22,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 25,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 26,701 ha | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 28,167 ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 29,167 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 30,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 25,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 18,740 ha | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 21,509 ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 22,256 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 23,017 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 22,714 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 23,750 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 24,576 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 22,158 ha | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 23,716 ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 22,258 ha | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 22,340 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 25,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 24,883 ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 28,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 20,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1999 | 38,257 ha | +91.3% |
| 2000 | 38,640 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 39,027 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 39,416 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 40,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 40,823 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 42,590 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 45,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 48,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 52,507 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 54,750 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 47,878 ha | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 48,838 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 49,530 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 48,099 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 47,373 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 48,939 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 50,156 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 49,947 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 49,030 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 49,711 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 49,563 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 49,435 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 49,569 ha | +0.3% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 49,569 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Congo's 49,569 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 46% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 | +91.3% | 20,000 ha | 38,257 ha |
| 1963 | -30.8% | 39,000 ha | 27,000 ha |
| 1998 | -28.6% | 28,000 ha | 20,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,856 ha | 20,000 ha | 39,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,804 ha | 18,500 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,872 ha | 18,740 ha | 24,576 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,745 ha | 20,000 ha | 38,257 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,300 ha | 38,640 ha | 48,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,802 ha | 47,373 ha | 54,750 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,462 ha | 49,030 ha | 49,711 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Congo?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Congo was 49,569 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 54,750 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,500 ha in 1970.
- How does Congo rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 37th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.