Sugar cane — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 18,186 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Congo stood at 18,186 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Congo peaked at 25,000 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Congo 53rd out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 13,100 ha | +63.7% |
| 1967 | 18,500 ha | +41.2% |
| 1968 | 21,160 ha | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 19,256 ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 20,200 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 16,316 ha | -19.2% |
| 1973 | 13,036 ha | -20.1% |
| 1974 | 14,340 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 5,648 ha | -60.6% |
| 1976 | 5,185 ha | -8.2% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 12,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 16,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 22,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1986 | 18,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 16,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1991 | 25,000 ha | +56.2% |
| 1992 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | -27.3% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12,234 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 16,300 ha | +33.2% |
| 2004 | 16,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 17,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 16,471 ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 17,669 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 18,052 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 18,535 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 17,790 ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 17,555 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 17,924 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 17,859 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 18,102 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 17,995 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 18,366 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 18,155 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 18,172 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 18,231 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 18,186 ha | -0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 18,186 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 55% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Congo's 18,186 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 100% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +63.7% | 8,000 ha | 13,100 ha |
| 1975 | -60.6% | 14,340 ha | 5,648 ha |
| 1991 | +56.2% | 16,000 ha | 25,000 ha |
| 1982 | +50.0% | 8,000 ha | 12,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,362 ha | 4,500 ha | 21,160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,898 ha | 5,000 ha | 20,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,700 ha | 7,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,773 ha | 12,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,795 ha | 16,471 ha | 18,535 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,222 ha | 18,155 ha | 18,366 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 50 Sri Lanka 18,842 ha compare
- 51 Cambodia 18,387 ha compare
- 52 Central African Republic 18,259 ha compare
- 54 Ethiopia PDR 15,000 ha compare
- 54 Trinidad and Tobago 15,000 ha compare
- 56 Cameroon 14,139 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Congo?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Congo was 18,186 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 53rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.