Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 8,025 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 8,025 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 8,261 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6,465 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Democratic Republic of the Congo 12th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,465 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,568 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 6,641 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 6,583 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 6,790 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 6,846 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 6,812 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 6,788 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 6,806 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 6,867 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 6,711 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 6,685 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 6,800 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 6,884 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 6,949 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 6,849 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 6,839 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 6,557 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 6,940 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 6,953 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 6,809 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 7,111 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 7,108 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,126 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 7,936 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 7,924 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 7,934 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 7,919 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 7,930 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 7,926 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 7,872 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 7,862 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 7,649 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 7,573 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 7,862 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 7,897 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 7,922 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 7,964 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 7,948 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 7,936 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 7,920 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 7,905 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,902 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,899 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 7,895 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 7,785 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 7,896 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 7,893 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,906 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 7,954 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 7,963 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 7,987 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 7,990 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7,994 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,996 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8,261 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 8,006 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 8,011 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,013 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,021 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 8,021 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8,019 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,022 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,025 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,700 kg/ha | 6,465 kg/ha | 6,846 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,808 kg/ha | 6,557 kg/ha | 6,949 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,475 kg/ha | 6,809 kg/ha | 7,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,847 kg/ha | 7,573 kg/ha | 7,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,894 kg/ha | 7,785 kg/ha | 7,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,018 kg/ha | 7,954 kg/ha | 8,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,022 kg/ha | 8,019 kg/ha | 8,025 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 8,699 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,838 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8,532 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 7,871 kg/ha compare
- 14 Belgium 39,592 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 7,788 kg/ha compare
- 15 Kuwait 37,802 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 8,025 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 8,261 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,465 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 12th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 — 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.