Rice — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Rice — Yield was 1,052 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Democratic Republic of the 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo is 1,052 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 1,188 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 478.9 kg/ha, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 804.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 796.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 800 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 808.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 478.9 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1966 | 800.9 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 1967 | 803.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 804.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 800 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 735.7 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 735.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 776.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 772 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 770.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 776 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 780.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 772 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 765.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 800.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 799.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 816.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 811.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 852.7 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 875.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 802 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1986 | 802 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 803 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 803 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 805 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 805.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 803.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 725 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1993 | 722.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 725.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 735.9 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 754.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 755 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 757 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 757 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 757.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 759 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 758.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 758.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 814.1 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 841.6 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 900.9 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 972.2 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 1,118 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 1,188 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 996.5 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2023 | 1,032 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 1,052 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield in Democratic Republic of the 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 | +67.2% | 478.9 kg/ha | 800.9 kg/ha |
| 1965 | -40.8% | 808.8 kg/ha | 478.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 766.44 kg/ha | 478.9 kg/ha | 808.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 768.35 kg/ha | 735.6 kg/ha | 800.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 817.07 kg/ha | 799.9 kg/ha | 875.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 753.77 kg/ha | 722.2 kg/ha | 805.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 755 kg/ha | 755 kg/ha | 755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 807.66 kg/ha | 757 kg/ha | 972.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,077 kg/ha | 996.5 kg/ha | 1,188 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 6,855 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,834 kg/ha compare
- 16 Chile 6,832 kg/ha compare
- 17 Brazil 6,728 kg/ha compare
- 18 Guyana 6,654 kg/ha compare
- 19 Argentina 6,624 kg/ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 4,192 kg/ha compare
- 20 China, Taiwan Province of 6,572 kg/ha compare
- 21 Kenya 6,553 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Rice — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 1,052 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,188 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 478.9 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for rice — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 18th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. 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 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.