Millet — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Millet — Area harvested was 16,118 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Congo, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Congo is 16,118 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Congo peaked at 16,733 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 2001.
Congo ranks 43rd of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 11,309 ha | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 12,500 ha | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 11,895 ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 12,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 11,250 ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 10,700 ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 12,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 16,733 ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 15,163 ha | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 15,285 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 15,855 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 15,434 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 15,144 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 15,112 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 16,021 ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 15,898 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 16,009 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 16,118 ha | +0.7% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 16,118 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 20% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Congo's 16,118 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 22% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,517 ha | 10,000 ha | 12,500 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 14,911 ha | 13,000 ha | 16,733 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,832 ha | 15,112 ha | 16,118 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 40 Mozambique 29,669 ha compare
- 41 Zambia 18,220 ha compare
- 42 Poland 16,943 ha compare
- 44 Sierra Leone 14,773 ha compare
- 45 Mauritania 13,000 ha compare
- 46 South Africa 12,938 ha compare
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 millet — area harvested in Congo?
- Millet — area harvested in Congo was 16,118 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 16,733 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 2001.
- How does Congo rank for millet — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 43rd out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. 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 Millet — 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.