Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 14,853 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 14,853 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Congo peaked at 14,910 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,900 ha, in 1961.
That places Congo 106th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 7,900 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 8,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 9,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 9,700 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 9,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 10,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 10,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 10,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 10,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 11,100 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 11,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 11,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,900 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 9,300 ha | -14.7% |
| 1980 | 8,142 ha | -12.5% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 8,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 8,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 8,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 9,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 9,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 8,847 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 9,125 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 9,468 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 9,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 9,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 9,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,131 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 10,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 10,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 11,201 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 11,958 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 11,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 11,583 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 11,651 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 11,783 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 11,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 12,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 12,652 ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 12,331 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 12,702 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 14,016 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 14,060 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 13,911 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 14,056 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 14,202 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 14,364 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 14,516 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 14,670 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 14,834 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 14,797 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 14,853 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 14,910 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 14,853 ha | -0.4% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 14,853 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 12% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Congo's 14,853 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 9% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,433 ha | 6,900 ha | 9,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,610 ha | 9,300 ha | 11,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,344 ha | 8,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,627 ha | 8,847 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,683 ha | 10,700 ha | 12,652 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,883 ha | 12,331 ha | 14,670 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,849 ha | 14,797 ha | 14,910 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Congo?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Congo was 14,853 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 14,910 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 106th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.