Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Congo
Congo: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 10,255 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 10,255 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Congo peaked at 10,255 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,605 kg/ha, in 1969.
Congo ranks 139th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,943 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,962 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 4,849 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 4,899 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 4,926 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 5,013 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 4,791 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 4,729 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 4,605 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 4,632 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 4,742 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 4,926 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 4,890 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 4,975 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 5,525 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 6,709 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1977 | 5,530 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1978 | 5,915 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 6,277 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 6,784 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 6,983 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 7,206 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 7,042 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 7,058 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 7,044 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 7,093 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 7,078 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 7,082 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 6,352 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1990 | 6,504 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 7,265 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 7,286 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 6,560 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 7,511 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1995 | 7,746 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 8,018 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 8,105 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 8,088 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 8,836 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 8,845 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 8,886 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 8,852 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 8,982 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 8,984 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,993 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 9,152 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 9,327 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 9,736 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 9,614 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 9,651 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 9,791 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 9,794 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9,888 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 10,078 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 10,204 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 9,820 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 9,721 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 9,888 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 10,076 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 10,185 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 10,214 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 10,179 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,210 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 10,255 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 10,255 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Congo's 10,255 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,857 kg/ha | 4,605 kg/ha | 5,013 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,412 kg/ha | 4,632 kg/ha | 6,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,972 kg/ha | 6,352 kg/ha | 7,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,592 kg/ha | 6,504 kg/ha | 8,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,137 kg/ha | 8,845 kg/ha | 9,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,891 kg/ha | 9,651 kg/ha | 10,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,209 kg/ha | 10,179 kg/ha | 10,255 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 136 Angola 10,768 kg/ha compare
- 137 Guadeloupe 10,432 kg/ha compare
- 138 Dominica 10,417 kg/ha compare
- 140 Sierra Leone 10,184 kg/ha compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 9,629 kg/ha compare
- 142 Somalia 9,563 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Congo?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Congo was 10,255 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 10,255 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,605 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Congo rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Congo ranks 139th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 — 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.