Sugar cane — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 71,637 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 71,637 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 58.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 73,782 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1964.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,500 ha | +18.8% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1965 | 7,800 ha | +11.4% |
| 1966 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 8,500 ha | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 8,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 9,500 ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1971 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 22,135 ha | +70.3% |
| 1981 | 22,775 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 23,452 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 24,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 23,400 ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 26,300 ha | +12.4% |
| 1987 | 28,700 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 30,300 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 30,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 31,940 ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 33,670 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 34,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 36,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 43,000 ha | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 40,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 45,338 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 45,769 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 45,649 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 46,457 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 50,905 ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 54,674 ha | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 63,817 ha | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 73,782 ha | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 64,074 ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 68,340 ha | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 71,637 ha | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,411 ha | 7,000 ha | 9,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,300 ha | 11,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,636 ha | 22,135 ha | 30,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,661 ha | 31,940 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,550 ha | 36,000 ha | 43,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,879 ha | 45,000 ha | 54,674 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,330 ha | 63,817 ha | 73,782 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 71,637 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 73,782 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1964.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 8th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.0%. 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 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.