Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 797,205 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
797,205 ha
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
6th
of 17 countries
All-time high
797,205 ha
in 2024
All-time low
201,300 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024

200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 797,205 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 797,205 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 201,300 ha, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year

Annual values for Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 201,300 ha
1962 206,300 ha +2.5%
1963 211,300 ha +2.4%
1964 215,300 ha +1.9%
1965 218,300 ha +1.4%
1966 223,800 ha +2.5%
1967 227,500 ha +1.7%
1968 230,500 ha +1.3%
1969 225,000 ha -2.4%
1970 230,600 ha +2.5%
1971 236,900 ha +2.7%
1972 242,200 ha +2.2%
1973 248,600 ha +2.6%
1974 253,200 ha +1.9%
1975 257,500 ha +1.7%
1976 262,600 ha +2.0%
1977 266,800 ha +1.6%
1978 269,200 ha +0.9%
1979 260,400 ha -3.3%
1980 282,100 ha +8.3%
1981 290,000 ha +2.8%
1982 297,600 ha +2.6%
1983 306,600 ha +3.0%
1984 313,600 ha +2.3%
1985 323,900 ha +3.3%
1986 333,000 ha +2.8%
1987 317,600 ha -4.6%
1988 329,800 ha +3.8%
1989 333,900 ha +1.2%
1990 349,094 ha +4.6%
1991 406,034 ha +16.3%
1992 416,151 ha +2.5%
1993 423,556 ha +1.8%
1994 433,077 ha +2.2%
1995 310,490 ha -28.3%
1996 359,801 ha +15.9%
1997 368,946 ha +2.5%
1998 378,143 ha +2.5%
1999 366,667 ha -3.0%
2000 361,757 ha -1.3%
2001 353,621 ha -2.2%
2002 346,598 ha -2.0%
2003 357,077 ha +3.0%
2004 392,001 ha +9.8%
2005 384,571 ha -1.9%
2006 393,322 ha +2.3%
2007 392,471 ha -0.2%
2008 395,938 ha +0.9%
2009 404,592 ha +2.2%
2010 411,034 ha +1.6%
2011 642,558 ha +56.3%
2012 662,180 ha +3.1%
2013 668,058 ha +0.9%
2014 677,300 ha +1.4%
2015 679,843 ha +0.4%
2016 684,741 ha +0.7%
2017 696,589 ha +1.7%
2018 712,850 ha +2.3%
2019 729,227 ha +2.3%
2020 737,185 ha +1.1%
2021 748,738 ha +1.6%
2022 767,771 ha +2.5%
2023 782,294 ha +1.9%
2024 797,205 ha +1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 217,700 ha 201,300 ha 230,500 ha 9
1970s 252,800 ha 230,600 ha 269,200 ha 10
1980s 312,810 ha 282,100 ha 333,900 ha 10
1990s 381,196 ha 310,490 ha 433,077 ha 10
2000s 378,195 ha 346,598 ha 404,592 ha 10
2010s 656,438 ha 411,034 ha 729,227 ha 10
2020s 766,639 ha 737,185 ha 797,205 ha 5

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo

  1. 3 Nigeria 5.30 million ha compare
  2. 4 USSR 4.95 million ha compare
  3. 5 Myanmar 3.39 million ha compare
  4. 5 Türkiye 802,016 ha compare
  5. 6 Canada 3.33 million ha compare
  6. 7 Australia and New Zealand 3.30 million ha compare
  7. 8 Australia 3.29 million ha compare
  8. 9 Brazil 2.66 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is pulses, total — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Pulses, total — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 797,205 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The highest recorded value was 797,205 ha in 2024.
What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 201,300 ha in 1961.
How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th out of 17 countries with data for 2024.
Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
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 Pulses, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 12,296 data points, 1961–2024
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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.