Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 3.11 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 3.11 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 3.11 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 515,000 ha, in 1963.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 540,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 520,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 515,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 515,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 515,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 573,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 600,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 625,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 630,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 595,100 ha | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 607,906 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 617,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 634,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 655,700 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 675,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 692,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 705,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 705,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 728,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 743,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 764,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 786,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 810,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 831,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 950,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 1.00 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 1.00 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.11 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 1.18 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 1.23 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 1.26 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 1.30 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 1.37 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 1.43 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 1.28 million ha | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 1.38 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 1.43 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 1.46 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1.50 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 1.48 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 1.46 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.48 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.48 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.48 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.48 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.48 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.48 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.48 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.48 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.23 million ha | +50.2% |
| 2011 | 2.43 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 2.49 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 2.55 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2.60 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2.63 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2.72 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 2.83 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 2.84 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2.78 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.84 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 2.91 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 2.96 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 3.03 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 3.11 million ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 559,222 ha | 515,000 ha | 630,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 661,581 ha | 595,100 ha | 728,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 917,584 ha | 743,000 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.36 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.48 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 1.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.61 million ha | 2.23 million ha | 2.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.97 million ha | 2.84 million ha | 3.11 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 3.11 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 3.11 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 515,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 5th out of 19 regions with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.