Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 1.09 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 1.09 million ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 1.10 million ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 220,000 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 223,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 225,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 227,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 230,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 233,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 236,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 240,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 220,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 249,900 ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 256,900 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 265,400 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 269,600 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 275,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 279,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 285,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 291,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 299,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 299,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 312,500 ha | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 330,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 340,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 349,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 349,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 372,980 ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 382,410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 384,450 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 395,830 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 400,410 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 430,326 ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 428,271 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 435,073 ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 458,244 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 474,589 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 295,780 ha | -37.7% |
| 1996 | 307,930 ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 259,050 ha | -15.9% |
| 1998 | 257,560 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 258,890 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 263,116 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 270,480 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 263,336 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 265,792 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 266,958 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 265,603 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 267,769 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 268,178 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 268,587 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 436,422 ha | +62.5% |
| 2010 | 621,463 ha | +42.4% |
| 2011 | 636,528 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 653,780 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 849,277 ha | +29.9% |
| 2014 | 1.10 million ha | +29.9% |
| 2015 | 1.10 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.09 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.07 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.07 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.08 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.09 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1.09 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.09 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.09 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.09 million ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +62.5% | 268,587 ha | 436,422 ha |
| 2010 | +42.4% | 436,422 ha | 621,463 ha |
| 1995 | -37.7% | 474,589 ha | 295,780 ha |
| 2013 | +29.9% | 653,780 ha | 849,277 ha |
| 2014 | +29.9% | 849,277 ha | 1.10 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 228,222 ha | 220,000 ha | 240,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 277,200 ha | 249,900 ha | 299,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 361,938 ha | 312,500 ha | 400,410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 360,571 ha | 257,560 ha | 474,589 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 283,624 ha | 263,116 ha | 436,422 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 928,226 ha | 621,463 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 1.09 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 220,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 3rd out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.