Potatoes — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Potatoes — Area harvested was 825 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Congo is 825 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Congo peaked at 864 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1961.
Congo ranks 127th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +500.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | -40.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 210 ha | -16.0% |
| 1971 | 260 ha | +23.8% |
| 1972 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 290 ha | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 350 ha | +20.7% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | -28.6% |
| 1976 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 330 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | -39.4% |
| 1986 | 214 ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 214 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 230 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 279 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 290 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 340 ha | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 380 ha | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 435 ha | +14.5% |
| 2000 | 490 ha | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 501 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 507 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 420 ha | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 480 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 560 ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 510 ha | -8.9% |
| 2007 | 530 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 550 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 618 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 608 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 611 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 622 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 864 ha | +38.9% |
| 2015 | 840 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 775 ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 827 ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 814 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 832 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 824 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 823 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 827 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 825 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 825 ha | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 825 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 3% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Congo's 825 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 6% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +500.0% | 50 ha | 300 ha |
| 1964 | +66.7% | 300 ha | 500 ha |
| 1967 | -40.0% | 500 ha | 300 ha |
| 1985 | -39.4% | 330 ha | 200 ha |
| 2014 | +38.9% | 622 ha | 864 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 305.56 ha | 50 ha | 500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 265 ha | 210 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 271.8 ha | 200 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 317.4 ha | 250 ha | 435 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 514.8 ha | 420 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 741.1 ha | 608 ha | 864 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 824.8 ha | 823 ha | 827 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
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 potatoes — area harvested in Congo?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Congo was 825 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 864 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 127th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. 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 Potatoes — 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.