Rice — Yield in Congo
Congo: Rice — Yield was 557.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — yield in Congo is 557.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Congo peaked at 2,333 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 557.6 kg/ha, in 2024.
Congo ranks 112th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 696.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 804.3 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 860.2 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 1,042 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1966 | 2,000 kg/ha | +92.0% |
| 1967 | 2,333 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1968 | 2,286 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 1,714 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 1,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 1,200 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1973 | 1,046 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,010 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 1,052 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 1,048 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 1,024 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,065 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 1,022 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 1,365 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1987 | 1,176 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 1,126 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 1,106 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 849.4 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1991 | 798.9 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 792.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 810 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 763.7 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 688.1 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 719.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 700 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 711.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 699.8 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 699.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 700.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 705.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 690 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 578.9 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 594.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 578.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 619 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 652.2 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 625.6 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 608.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 611 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 605.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 597.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 599.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 591.8 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 585.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 579 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 573.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 562.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 561.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 564.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 560.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 557.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 557.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 15% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Congo's 557.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +92.0% | 1,042 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +33.5% | 1,022 kg/ha | 1,365 kg/ha |
| 1972 | -28.0% | 1,667 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,382 kg/ha | 696.1 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,191 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,099 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 1,365 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 753.31 kg/ha | 688.1 kg/ha | 849.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 651.94 kg/ha | 578.9 kg/ha | 705.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 597.83 kg/ha | 573.7 kg/ha | 625.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 561.44 kg/ha | 557.6 kg/ha | 564.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 109 South Sudan 988.2 kg/ha compare
- 110 Trinidad and Tobago 975.7 kg/ha compare
- 111 Mozambique 620 kg/ha compare
- 113 Zimbabwe 328.7 kg/ha compare
- 114 Comoros 300.3 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Congo?
- Rice — yield in Congo was 557.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,333 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 557.6 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Congo rank for rice — yield?
- Congo ranks 112th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — 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.