Soya beans — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Soya beans — Area harvested was 51,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 51,000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 51,000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,900 ha, in 1970.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 2,100 ha | -27.6% |
| 1970 | 1,900 ha | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 1974 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 1977 | 9,900 ha | +371.4% |
| 1978 | 9,100 ha | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 9,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,300 ha | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 10,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 10,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 5,600 ha | -48.1% |
| 1984 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1986 | 9,300 ha | +86.0% |
| 1987 | 10,800 ha | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 10,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12,200 ha | +13.0% |
| 1990 | 13,310 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 14,520 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1994 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 22,300 ha | +23.9% |
| 1996 | 24,680 ha | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 15,280 ha | -38.1% |
| 1998 | 18,970 ha | +24.1% |
| 1999 | 21,128 ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 23,536 ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 26,219 ha | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 29,208 ha | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 30,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 30,290 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 30,890 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 32,153 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 33,478 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 34,845 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 36,273 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 37,760 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 39,146 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 41,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 42,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 46,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 48,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 45,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 48,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 50,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 49,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,556 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,300 ha | 1,900 ha | 9,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,100 ha | 5,000 ha | 12,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,019 ha | 13,310 ha | 24,680 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,689 ha | 23,536 ha | 36,273 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,591 ha | 37,760 ha | 48,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,000 ha | 49,000 ha | 51,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 4 China 10.32 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 10.32 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 4.13 million ha compare
- 7 Paraguay 3.65 million ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 43,712 ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 2.71 million ha compare
- 9 Canada 2.29 million ha compare
- 10 South Africa 1.15 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 28,352 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 51,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 51,000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,900 ha in 1970.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th out of 17 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Soya beans — 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.