Oil palm fruit — Yield in Congo
Congo: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 12,469 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil palm fruit — yield in Congo is 12,469 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Congo peaked at 15,200 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 11,100 kg/ha, in 1961.
Congo ranks 18th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,100 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,500 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 11,917 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 12,444 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 12,308 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 12,200 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 13,400 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 15,200 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1969 | 14,182 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 14,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13,258 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 13,000 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11,857 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1978 | 11,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,143 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 12,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,429 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 12,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,571 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 12,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12,143 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 11,571 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 11,857 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 12,143 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 12,429 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 12,143 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 12,254 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 12,500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12,522 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 12,511 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 12,500 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12,566 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 12,478 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 12,414 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 12,460 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 12,482 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 12,485 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,492 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 12,499 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 12,509 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 12,509 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 12,497 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 12,474 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 12,471 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 12,469 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 12,469 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,915 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Congo's 12,469 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,984 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,695 kg/ha | 11,100 kg/ha | 15,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,038 kg/ha | 11,857 kg/ha | 14,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,200 kg/ha | 11,857 kg/ha | 12,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,211 kg/ha | 11,571 kg/ha | 12,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,503 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 12,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,489 kg/ha | 12,414 kg/ha | 12,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,484 kg/ha | 12,469 kg/ha | 12,509 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 16 Cameroon 13,159 kg/ha compare
- 17 Sao Tome and Principe 12,863 kg/ha compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 12,460 kg/ha compare
- 20 Angola 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 21 Madagascar 11,587 kg/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 oil palm fruit — yield in Congo?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Congo was 12,469 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 15,200 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,100 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Congo ranks 18th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — Yield. 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.