Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 34,972 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
34,972 kg/ha
Change on year
down 3.3%
Rank
14th
of 16 regions
All-time high
67,867 kg/ha
in 1976
All-time low
34,972 kg/ha
in 2024
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 34,972 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 22.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 67,867 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 34,972 kg/ha, in 2024.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 60,000 kg/ha
1962 60,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1963 60,556 kg/ha +0.9%
1964 60,714 kg/ha +0.3%
1965 60,256 kg/ha -0.8%
1966 60,256 kg/ha +0.0%
1967 64,706 kg/ha +7.4%
1968 64,500 kg/ha -0.3%
1969 63,158 kg/ha -2.1%
1970 56,654 kg/ha -10.3%
1971 57,746 kg/ha +1.9%
1972 58,325 kg/ha +1.0%
1973 64,267 kg/ha +10.2%
1974 62,800 kg/ha -2.3%
1975 62,538 kg/ha -0.4%
1976 67,867 kg/ha +8.5%
1977 62,846 kg/ha -7.4%
1978 50,169 kg/ha -20.2%
1979 53,846 kg/ha +7.3%
1980 40,000 kg/ha -25.7%
1981 40,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1982 40,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1983 40,188 kg/ha +0.5%
1984 47,676 kg/ha +18.6%
1985 43,816 kg/ha -8.1%
1986 39,441 kg/ha -10.0%
1987 45,164 kg/ha +14.5%
1988 43,426 kg/ha -3.8%
1989 44,594 kg/ha +2.7%
1990 52,946 kg/ha +18.7%
1991 50,466 kg/ha -4.7%
1992 50,216 kg/ha -0.5%
1993 49,015 kg/ha -2.4%
1994 48,888 kg/ha -0.3%
1995 48,762 kg/ha -0.3%
1996 48,636 kg/ha -0.3%
1997 49,319 kg/ha +1.4%
1998 48,089 kg/ha -2.5%
1999 47,222 kg/ha -1.8%
2000 46,361 kg/ha -1.8%
2001 42,740 kg/ha -7.8%
2002 37,295 kg/ha -12.7%
2003 39,484 kg/ha +5.9%
2004 38,764 kg/ha -1.8%
2005 38,057 kg/ha -1.8%
2006 37,363 kg/ha -1.8%
2007 42,360 kg/ha +13.4%
2008 44,835 kg/ha +5.8%
2009 45,678 kg/ha +1.9%
2010 46,195 kg/ha +1.1%
2011 44,289 kg/ha -4.1%
2012 44,737 kg/ha +1.0%
2013 44,776 kg/ha +0.1%
2014 45,084 kg/ha +0.7%
2015 46,686 kg/ha +3.6%
2016 45,241 kg/ha -3.1%
2017 44,319 kg/ha -2.0%
2018 43,672 kg/ha -1.5%
2019 43,016 kg/ha -1.5%
2020 42,308 kg/ha -1.6%
2021 39,766 kg/ha -6.0%
2022 37,713 kg/ha -5.2%
2023 36,167 kg/ha -4.1%
2024 34,972 kg/ha -3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 61,572 kg/ha 60,000 kg/ha 64,706 kg/ha 9
1970s 59,706 kg/ha 50,169 kg/ha 67,867 kg/ha 10
1980s 42,430 kg/ha 39,441 kg/ha 47,676 kg/ha 10
1990s 49,356 kg/ha 47,222 kg/ha 52,946 kg/ha 10
2000s 41,294 kg/ha 37,295 kg/ha 46,361 kg/ha 10
2010s 44,801 kg/ha 43,016 kg/ha 46,686 kg/ha 10
2020s 38,185 kg/ha 34,972 kg/ha 42,308 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo

  1. 11 Chile 94,432 kg/ha compare
  2. 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
  3. 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
  4. 14 Colombia 89,010 kg/ha compare
  5. 15 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
  6. 16 Australia 87,569 kg/ha compare
  7. 16 Australia and New Zealand 87,569 kg/ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Sugar crops primary — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 34,972 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The highest recorded value was 67,867 kg/ha in 1976.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 34,972 kg/ha in 2024.
How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 14th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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 Crops Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 10,598 data points, 1961–2024
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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.