Potatoes — Production in Congo
Congo: Potatoes — Production was 7,114 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Congo recorded 7,114 t for potatoes — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Congo peaked at 7,437 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 80 t, in 1961.
That places Congo 140th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 932.22 t | 80 t | 1,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,660 t | 1,170 t | 2,865 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,664 t | 1,190 t | 2,017 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,746 t | 2,140 t | 3,878 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,427 t | 3,751 t | 5,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,381 t | 5,231 t | 7,437 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,113 t | 7,101 t | 7,130 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture share gdp 10.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 35.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 2.33 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 86,254 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Congo?
- Potatoes — production in Congo was 7,114 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 7,437 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 t in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for potatoes — production?
- Congo ranks 140th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Production. 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.