Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Congo
Congo: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 7,314 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Congo stood at 7,314 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Congo peaked at 8,088 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5,817 kg/ha, in 1978.
Congo ranks 35th of 50 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.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,000 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,444 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 6,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,400 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 6,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,600 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 6,146 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 6,218 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 6,273 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 5,817 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 6,667 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1980 | 7,590 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1981 | 7,697 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 6,862 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 7,355 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 7,423 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 7,264 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 7,578 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 7,870 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 7,752 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 7,700 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 7,793 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 7,883 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 7,770 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 7,871 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 8,088 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 8,086 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 7,998 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 7,923 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 7,813 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 7,747 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 7,635 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 7,594 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 7,500 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 7,536 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 7,484 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 7,558 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 7,517 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 7,449 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 7,486 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 7,440 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 7,427 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 7,432 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 7,436 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7,430 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 7,407 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 7,403 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 7,390 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 7,373 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 7,354 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 7,334 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 7,312 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 7,315 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7,324 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 7,319 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 7,314 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 7,314 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,583 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Congo's 7,314 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,948 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,698 kg/ha | 6,444 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,341 kg/ha | 5,817 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,509 kg/ha | 6,862 kg/ha | 7,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,897 kg/ha | 7,747 kg/ha | 8,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,520 kg/ha | 7,440 kg/ha | 7,635 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,398 kg/ha | 7,334 kg/ha | 7,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,317 kg/ha | 7,312 kg/ha | 7,324 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Congo?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Congo was 7,314 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 8,088 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,817 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Congo rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Congo ranks 35th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.