Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 1,320 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Congo stood at 1,320 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Congo peaked at 1,950 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 830 ha, in 2007.
Congo ranks 68th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 1,880 ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 1,880 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,850 ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 1,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,750 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 1,713 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 1,618 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 1,717 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 1,700 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,658 ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 1,624 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 1,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 1,569 ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 1,550 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,350 ha | -12.9% |
| 2000 | 1,250 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 950 ha | -24.0% |
| 2002 | 842 ha | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 850 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 884 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 864 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 850 ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 830 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 850 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 976 ha | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 1,100 ha | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 1,147 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 1,200 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,203 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,226 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1,250 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1,273 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,294 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,313 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,332 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,306 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 1,330 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 1,323 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,320 ha | -0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1,320 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 13% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1,320 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 5% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,422 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,821 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,880 ha | 1,750 ha | 1,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,610 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,717 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 914.6 ha | 830 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,221 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,313 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,322 ha | 1,306 ha | 1,332 ha | 5 |
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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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Congo?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Congo was 1,320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,950 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 830 ha in 2007.
- How does Congo rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 68th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.