Potatoes — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Potatoes — Yield was 4,573 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 4,573 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 5,986 kg/ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 4,495 kg/ha, in 1994.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 34th of 36 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,552 kg/ha | 5,254 kg/ha | 5,986 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,299 kg/ha | 4,905 kg/ha | 5,603 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,160 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,862 kg/ha | 4,495 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,634 kg/ha | 4,633 kg/ha | 4,638 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,592 kg/ha | 4,557 kg/ha | 4,633 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,568 kg/ha | 4,552 kg/ha | 4,578 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 2.51 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 589,343 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 2,776 t (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield 17,120 kg/ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 1,189 ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 602,503 t (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 6,532 kg/ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 92,238 ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 21,151 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 1.90 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Potatoes — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 4,573 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 5,986 kg/ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,495 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for potatoes — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 34th out of 36 regions with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.