Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Congo
Congo: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 26,226 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Congo is 26,226 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Congo peaked at 29,646 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 13,863 t, in 1980.
That places Congo 45th out of 113 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Congo, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,910 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 18,150 t | -27.4% |
| 1964 | 18,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 16,100 t | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 16,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 16,200 t | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 16,600 t | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 14,800 t | -10.8% |
| 1971 | 19,550 t | +32.1% |
| 1972 | 18,000 t | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 19,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 19,229 t | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 16,900 t | -12.1% |
| 1976 | 17,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 18,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 15,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13,863 t | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 14,404 t | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 19,460 t | +35.1% |
| 1983 | 21,577 t | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 22,327 t | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 23,088 t | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 22,688 t | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 23,800 t | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 24,626 t | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 25,482 t | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 25,868 t | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 26,767 t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 27,696 t | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 28,653 t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 29,646 t | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 26,632 t | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 22,518 t | -15.4% |
| 1997 | 22,502 t | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 19,525 t | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 22,954 t | +17.6% |
| 2000 | 23,184 t | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 23,416 t | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 23,650 t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 23,700 t | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 23,000 t | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 22,900 t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 23,400 t | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 23,900 t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 28,200 t | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 29,100 t | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 29,100 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28,995 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 26,699 t | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 26,879 t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 26,591 t | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 25,508 t | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 26,326 t | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 26,768 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 26,758 t | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 26,350 t | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 25,903 t | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 26,337 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 26,196 t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 26,145 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 26,226 t | +0.3% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 26,226 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,362 t, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Congo's 26,226 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 94,522 t, 28% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +35.1% | 14,404 t | 19,460 t |
| 1971 | +32.1% | 14,800 t | 19,550 t |
| 1963 | -27.4% | 25,000 t | 18,150 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,829 t | 16,100 t | 25,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,298 t | 14,800 t | 19,550 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,132 t | 13,863 t | 25,482 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,276 t | 19,525 t | 29,646 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,445 t | 22,900 t | 29,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,997 t | 25,508 t | 29,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,161 t | 25,903 t | 26,337 t | 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 — production in Congo?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Congo was 26,226 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 29,646 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,863 t in 1980.
- How does Congo rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Congo ranks 45th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 — Production. 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.