Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 71,667 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Congo is 71,667 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Congo peaked at 74,881 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 28,000 ha, in 1970.
Congo ranks 100th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,640 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52,640 ha | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 42,640 ha | -19.0% |
| 1964 | 38,740 ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 35,240 ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 28,740 ha | -18.4% |
| 1967 | 28,840 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 29,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 30,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 28,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 32,500 ha | +16.1% |
| 1972 | 32,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 34,883 ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 36,797 ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 38,351 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 39,444 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 41,290 ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 36,400 ha | -11.8% |
| 1979 | 31,510 ha | -13.4% |
| 1980 | 30,360 ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 31,630 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 31,730 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 33,339 ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 34,186 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 35,147 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 34,844 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 36,080 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 37,106 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 35,188 ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 37,283 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 36,359 ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 36,937 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 39,789 ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 40,630 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 41,880 ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 41,187 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 43,771 ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 36,079 ha | -17.6% |
| 1999 | 54,628 ha | +51.4% |
| 2000 | 54,952 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 55,280 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 55,686 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 56,205 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 58,789 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 58,547 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 62,208 ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 64,547 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 67,407 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 68,266 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 72,437 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 74,881 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 68,728 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 69,908 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 70,361 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 69,174 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 68,285 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 69,874 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 71,109 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 71,046 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 70,632 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 71,728 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 71,576 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 71,528 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 71,667 ha | +0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 71,667 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 37% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Congo's 71,667 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 21% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +51.4% | 36,079 ha | 54,628 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,187 ha | 28,740 ha | 52,640 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,118 ha | 28,000 ha | 41,290 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,961 ha | 30,360 ha | 37,106 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,854 ha | 36,079 ha | 54,628 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,189 ha | 54,952 ha | 68,266 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,580 ha | 68,285 ha | 74,881 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,426 ha | 70,632 ha | 71,728 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 97 Costa Rica 88,821 ha compare
- 98 Dominican Republic 78,444 ha compare
- 99 Estonia 73,866 ha compare
- 101 Haiti 70,776 ha compare
- 102 Somalia 70,560 ha compare
- 103 Solomon Islands 67,908 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1122 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1382 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0007 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.65 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Congo?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Congo was 71,667 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 74,881 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,000 ha in 1970.
- How does Congo rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 100th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.