Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 2,650 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 2,650 ha for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Congo peaked at 2,669 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1961.
Congo ranks 26th of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 650 ha | +30.0% |
| 1972 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 900 ha | +38.5% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 1,800 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,515 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 2,300 ha | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 1,900 ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 1,778 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 1,688 ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 1,600 ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 1,567 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 1,523 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 1,525 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 1,557 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 1,700 ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 1,683 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,761 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 1,838 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 1,922 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 1,950 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,700 ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 2,115 ha | +24.4% |
| 2010 | 2,400 ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,524 ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 2,524 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,561 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,669 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 2,585 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 2,551 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,494 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 2,444 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 2,496 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 2,587 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 2,616 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,633 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,650 ha | +0.6% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 2,650 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 161,974 ha, 2% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Congo's 2,650 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,842 ha, 13% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +50.0% | 200 ha | 300 ha |
| 1977 | +50.0% | 1,200 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 1974 | +38.5% | 650 ha | 900 ha |
| 1962 | +33.3% | 150 ha | 200 ha |
| 1969 | +33.3% | 300 ha | 400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261.11 ha | 150 ha | 400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,125 ha | 500 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,410 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,847 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,515 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,775 ha | 1,525 ha | 2,115 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,515 ha | 2,400 ha | 2,669 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,596 ha | 2,496 ha | 2,650 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 23 Guinea 11,937 ha compare
- 24 Papua New Guinea 9,587 ha compare
- 25 Brunei Darussalam 4,192 ha compare
- 27 Central African Republic 952 ha compare
- 28 Dominican Republic 49 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Congo?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Congo was 2,650 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,669 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.