Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.10 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo is 1.10 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 1.18 million ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 553,000 ha, in 1965.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th of 20 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 653,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 666,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 647,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 590,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 553,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 568,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 614,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 723,900 ha | +17.9% |
| 1969 | 786,600 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 843,900 ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 832,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 821,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 835,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 829,100 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 827,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 825,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 831,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 836,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 807,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 839,900 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 852,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 961,600 ha | +12.8% |
| 1983 | 984,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 1.01 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 996,810 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 987,200 ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 967,160 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 949,530 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 1.01 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 1.05 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1.08 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 1.09 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 1.17 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 1.18 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 963,400 ha | -18.1% |
| 1996 | 918,812 ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 905,229 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 912,281 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 883,225 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 866,206 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 839,863 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 821,367 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 823,611 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 835,434 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 852,097 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 896,472 ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 905,423 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 915,397 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 906,281 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 914,073 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 917,587 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 969,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 1.02 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.03 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.06 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.06 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.10 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1.09 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.10 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.10 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.10 million ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 644,611 ha | 553,000 ha | 786,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 829,050 ha | 807,200 ha | 843,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 955,873 ha | 839,900 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 million ha | 883,225 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 866,215 ha | 821,367 ha | 915,397 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 million ha | 914,073 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 5 Argentina 19.34 million ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.91 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 18.44 million ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 1.62 million ha compare
- 7 Indonesia 17.62 million ha compare
- 8 Canada 11.67 million ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 10.95 million ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 623,071 ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 485,796 ha compare
- 10 USSR 9.61 million ha compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 436,486 ha compare
- 11 Ukraine 9.12 million ha compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.0625 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.1228 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1687 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.1714 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.7513 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 1.10 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 million ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 553,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the 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.