Melonseed — Yield in Congo
Congo: Melonseed — Yield was 471.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Melonseed — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — yield in Congo stood at 471.2 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — yield in Congo peaked at 608.7 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 457.1 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 457.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 485.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 513.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 527.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 527 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 527 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 540.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 540.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 540.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 567.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 567.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 567.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 573.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 578.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 592.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 589.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 587.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 585.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 597.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 595.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 593 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 590.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 587 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 608.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 593.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 580 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 545.5 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 516.7 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 492.3 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 471.4 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 472.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 480.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 479.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 479.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 478.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 473 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 477.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 476.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 476.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 477 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 477.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 477.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 478.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 479.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 478.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 478.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 478.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 478.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 477.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 471 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 490.4 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 485.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 478.3 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 476.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 476.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 475.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 475.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 475.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 474.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 472.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 471.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 471.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 471.2 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 610.7 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Congo's 471.2 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 471.2 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 508.78 kg/ha | 457.1 kg/ha | 540.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 570.53 kg/ha | 540.5 kg/ha | 592.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 587.71 kg/ha | 545.5 kg/ha | 608.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 482.13 kg/ha | 471.4 kg/ha | 516.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 477.9 kg/ha | 476.5 kg/ha | 479.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 478.65 kg/ha | 471 kg/ha | 490.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 473 kg/ha | 471.2 kg/ha | 475.3 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 melonseed — yield in Congo?
- Melonseed — yield in Congo was 471.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 608.7 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest melonseed — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 457.1 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for melonseed — yield?
- Congo ranks 12th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. 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 Melonseed — Yield. 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.