Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 6.03 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 6.03 million ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 6.03 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.41 million ha, in 1961.
That places Democratic Republic of the Congo 4th out of 20 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.41 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.42 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 1.42 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1.47 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 1.48 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 1.45 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 1.49 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 1.52 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 1.55 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 1.58 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 1.62 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 1.66 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 1.70 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 1.75 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 1.79 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 1.83 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 1.86 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 1.88 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 1.90 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 1.98 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 2.03 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 2.09 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 2.16 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 2.21 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 2.07 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1986 | 2.15 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 2.21 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 2.29 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 2.37 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 2.46 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 2.57 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 2.64 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 2.61 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 2.67 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 2.26 million ha | -15.2% |
| 1996 | 2.26 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 2.20 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 2.25 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 2.19 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 2.13 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 2.07 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 2.01 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 2.02 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 2.02 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2.03 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 2.07 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 2.05 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 2.05 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2.06 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 4.12 million ha | +99.7% |
| 2011 | 4.28 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 4.33 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 4.44 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 4.56 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 4.58 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 4.65 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 4.92 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 5.07 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 5.21 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 5.55 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 5.52 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 5.69 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 5.86 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 6.03 million ha | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +99.7% | 2.06 million ha | 4.12 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.47 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.76 million ha | 1.58 million ha | 1.90 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.16 million ha | 1.98 million ha | 2.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.41 million ha | 2.19 million ha | 2.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.05 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 2.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.62 million ha | 4.12 million ha | 5.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.73 million ha | 5.52 million ha | 6.03 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1 Nigeria 21.97 million ha compare
- 2 China 7.30 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 7.28 million ha compare
- 4 USSR 6.01 million ha compare
- 5 India 2.65 million ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 2.05 million ha compare
- 6 Ghana 1.94 million ha compare
- 7 Thailand 1.45 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 618,234 ha compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.1711 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 6.03 million 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 6.03 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.41 million ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 4th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. 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.