Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 9,864 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 9,864 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 9,864 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 4,100 ha | -18.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +46.3% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 6,500 ha | +62.5% |
| 1975 | 6,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 6,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 6,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 6,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 6,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 6,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 6,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 6,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 7,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 7,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 7,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 8,084 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 7,600 ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 8,162 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 8,070 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 7,984 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 7,650 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 7,855 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 7,789 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 7,650 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 7,800 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 8,166 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 8,400 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 8,803 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 9,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 9,338 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 9,398 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 9,513 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 9,610 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 9,695 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 9,751 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 9,755 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9,756 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9,810 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 9,864 ha | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +62.5% | 4,000 ha | 6,500 ha |
| 1968 | +46.3% | 4,100 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 1964 | -28.6% | 7,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,233 ha | 4,100 ha | 9,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,980 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,800 ha | 6,700 ha | 6,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,605 ha | 7,000 ha | 8,162 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,017 ha | 7,650 ha | 8,803 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,325 ha | 9,000 ha | 9,695 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,787 ha | 9,751 ha | 9,864 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 9,864 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 9,864 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1973.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 4th out of 5 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.