Potatoes — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Potatoes — Area harvested was 23,914 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — 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 potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 23,914 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 25,766 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2,800 ha, in 1962.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 5,200 ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 5,800 ha | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 5,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 5,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 6,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 6,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | -20.6% |
| 1980 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 5,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 5,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 5,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 5,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 6,130 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 6,260 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 6,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 24,717 ha | +292.3% |
| 1994 | 25,766 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 18,803 ha | -27.0% |
| 1996 | 18,879 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 19,048 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 19,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 19,220 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 19,393 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 19,567 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 19,724 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 19,834 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 19,922 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 20,104 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 20,104 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 20,194 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 20,285 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 20,376 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 20,467 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 20,683 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 21,293 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 21,332 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 21,666 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 21,718 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 21,868 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 21,983 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 22,291 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 22,589 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 22,883 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 22,836 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 23,034 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 23,612 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 23,914 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,167 ha | 2,800 ha | 5,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,780 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,620 ha | 5,100 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,412 ha | 6,130 ha | 25,766 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,950 ha | 19,393 ha | 20,376 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,589 ha | 20,467 ha | 22,589 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,256 ha | 22,836 ha | 23,914 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 23,914 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 25,766 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 1962.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 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.