Rice — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Rice — Area harvested was 1,793 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 1,793 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Congo peaked at 6,668 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 885 ha, in 1986.
That places Congo 94th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 4,600 ha | -9.8% |
| 1964 | 4,650 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 4,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 5,584 ha | +86.1% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 6,668 ha | +33.4% |
| 1975 | 3,800 ha | -43.0% |
| 1976 | 3,880 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 3,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | -10.3% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1980 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,100 ha | -22.2% |
| 1983 | 1,600 ha | -23.8% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | -25.0% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | -25.0% |
| 1986 | 885 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 890 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 946 ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 979 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 1,633 ha | +66.8% |
| 1991 | 1,800 ha | +10.2% |
| 1992 | 1,878 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,900 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 2,087 ha | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 1,600 ha | -23.3% |
| 1996 | 1,582 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,400 ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 1,376 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 1,819 ha | +32.2% |
| 2000 | 1,859 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,930 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 2,004 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 1,700 ha | -15.2% |
| 2004 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 1,850 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 1,900 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 2,100 ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 2,390 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 1,979 ha | -17.2% |
| 2012 | 1,969 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,975 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,003 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 2,037 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 2,080 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2,060 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,013 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 1,957 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 1,911 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,780 ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 1,773 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,783 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,793 ha | +0.6% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1,793 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 3% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1,793 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 2% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +86.1% | 3,000 ha | 5,584 ha |
| 1990 | +66.8% | 979 ha | 1,633 ha |
| 1971 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1970 | -42.9% | 3,500 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1975 | -43.0% | 6,668 ha | 3,800 ha |
| 1966 | -37.5% | 4,800 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,128 ha | 3,000 ha | 5,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,033 ha | 2,000 ha | 6,668 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,490 ha | 885 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,708 ha | 1,376 ha | 2,087 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,934 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,046 ha | 1,957 ha | 2,390 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,808 ha | 1,773 ha | 1,911 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 rice — area harvested in Congo?
- Rice — area harvested in Congo was 1,793 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 6,668 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 885 ha in 1986.
- How does Congo rank for rice — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 94th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. 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 Rice — 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.