Potatoes — Yield in Congo
Congo: Potatoes — Yield was 8,624 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Congo stood at 8,624 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Congo peaked at 8,998 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1,600 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Congo 137th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,200 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,200 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 2,800 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1967 | 3,667 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1969 | 6,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 7,143 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1971 | 8,077 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1972 | 6,923 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 6,897 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 8,186 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1975 | 5,120 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1976 | 5,120 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 4,680 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 4,815 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 5,813 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1981 | 5,503 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 5,097 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 3,606 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1984 | 3,754 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 6,515 kg/ha | +73.5% |
| 1986 | 8,734 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1987 | 8,631 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 8,391 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 8,404 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 8,560 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 8,185 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 8,264 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 8,499 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 8,497 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,987 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 8,724 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 8,737 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 8,853 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 8,915 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 8,998 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 8,781 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 8,998 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 8,931 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 8,854 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 7,679 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 8,431 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 8,491 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 8,546 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 8,500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 8,570 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 8,597 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 8,595 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 8,592 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,609 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 8,627 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 8,611 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 8,615 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 8,618 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8,632 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,622 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 8,624 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8,626 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,624 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,624 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 8,624 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Congo's 8,624 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +73.5% | 3,754 kg/ha | 6,515 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -37.5% | 8,186 kg/ha | 5,120 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +37.5% | 1,600 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +36.4% | 3,667 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +34.1% | 6,515 kg/ha | 8,734 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +31.0% | 2,800 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,052 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,196 kg/ha | 4,680 kg/ha | 8,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,445 kg/ha | 3,606 kg/ha | 8,734 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,622 kg/ha | 8,185 kg/ha | 8,987 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,621 kg/ha | 7,679 kg/ha | 8,998 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,606 kg/ha | 8,570 kg/ha | 8,632 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,624 kg/ha | 8,622 kg/ha | 8,626 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 potatoes — yield in Congo?
- Potatoes — yield in Congo was 8,624 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 8,998 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for potatoes — yield?
- Congo ranks 137th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 — 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.