Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 124,893 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 124,893 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 124,893 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37,000 ha, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 45,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 37,000 ha | -17.8% |
| 1966 | 41,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 51,400 ha | +25.4% |
| 1968 | 51,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 52,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 52,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 54,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 56,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 58,300 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 59,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 60,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 61,800 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 63,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 64,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 66,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 68,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 70,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 72,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 74,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 76,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 74,920 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 74,320 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 77,400 ha | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 78,100 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 79,010 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 79,780 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 80,560 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 81,261 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 82,372 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 107,340 ha | +30.3% |
| 1996 | 90,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 1997 | 80,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 51,066 ha | -36.2% |
| 1999 | 49,092 ha | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 47,296 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 45,566 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 43,889 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 44,540 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 44,791 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 45,851 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 46,520 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 47,198 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 47,887 ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 48,585 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 85,520 ha | +76.0% |
| 2011 | 87,854 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 90,514 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 92,912 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 95,374 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 95,463 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 98,617 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 102,174 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 102,243 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 107,986 ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 111,139 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 114,353 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 118,022 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 121,407 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 124,893 ha | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,544 ha | 37,000 ha | 52,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,640 ha | 52,900 ha | 64,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,364 ha | 66,600 ha | 78,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,048 ha | 49,092 ha | 107,340 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,212 ha | 43,889 ha | 48,585 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,866 ha | 85,520 ha | 107,986 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117,963 ha | 111,139 ha | 124,893 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 ha compare
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
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- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1687 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.1714 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.7513 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 124,893 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 124,893 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 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.