Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Congo
Congo: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 529.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Congo stood at 529.1 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Congo peaked at 1,240 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 527.5 kg/ha, in 2019.
Congo ranks 104th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 711.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 641 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 672.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 692.3 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 720 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 805 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 825 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 810 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 801.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 800 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 850 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 800 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 760 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 720.2 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 600 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 750 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 739.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 720.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 973 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1983 | 1,003 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 1,003 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,003 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 998.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 1,002 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1,002 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,150 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 1,091 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 1,203 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 1,240 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 1,146 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 1,140 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 986.4 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 905 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 803.6 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 976.3 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1999 | 600 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2000 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 592.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 547.6 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 561 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 549.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 531.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 600 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 554.2 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 529.6 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 557.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 550.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 536.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 530.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 555.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 547 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 533.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 527.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 528.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 529.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 528.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 528.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 529.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 529.1 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Congo's 529.1 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield 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 | -38.5% | 976.3 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +35.1% | 720.2 kg/ha | 973 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +25.0% | 600 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 742.12 kg/ha | 641 kg/ha | 825 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 708.02 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 959.55 kg/ha | 720.2 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,009 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,240 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 578.16 kg/ha | 531.1 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 542.27 kg/ha | 527.5 kg/ha | 557.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 528.92 kg/ha | 528.3 kg/ha | 529.8 kg/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 — yield in Congo?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Congo was 529.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,240 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 527.5 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Congo rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Congo ranks 104th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.