Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 176,171 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Congo stood at 176,171 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Congo peaked at 176,171 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 88,208 ha, in 1991.
That places Congo 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 107,650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 107,750 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 108,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 113,900 ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 114,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 109,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 111,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 113,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 114,050 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 117,110 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 117,260 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 115,360 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 117,590 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 113,049 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 108,230 ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 90,068 ha | -16.8% |
| 1977 | 110,078 ha | +22.2% |
| 1978 | 105,950 ha | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 103,020 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 99,554 ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 102,180 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 102,280 ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 101,538 ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 104,769 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 108,027 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 104,814 ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 111,316 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 115,113 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 119,029 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 116,647 ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 88,208 ha | -24.4% |
| 1992 | 90,435 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 105,592 ha | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 104,648 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 104,931 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 104,240 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 103,974 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 98,885 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 98,305 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 100,186 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 101,368 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 103,980 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 104,398 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 110,625 ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 118,924 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 123,828 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 128,760 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 129,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 135,614 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 127,474 ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 128,245 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 140,140 ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 143,086 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 170,278 ha | +19.0% |
| 2015 | 168,201 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 164,778 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 167,739 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 168,449 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 166,779 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 166,010 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 166,094 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 166,583 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 168,140 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 176,171 ha | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,128 ha | 107,650 ha | 114,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 109,772 ha | 90,068 ha | 117,590 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 106,862 ha | 99,554 ha | 119,029 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 101,586 ha | 88,208 ha | 116,647 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 115,708 ha | 100,186 ha | 135,614 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 154,517 ha | 127,474 ha | 170,278 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 168,600 ha | 166,010 ha | 176,171 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Congo?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Congo was 176,171 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 176,171 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 88,208 ha in 1991.
- How does Congo rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.