Sweet potatoes — Production in Congo
Congo: Sweet potatoes — Production was 9,464 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Congo is 9,464 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Congo peaked at 12,500 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 5,429 t, in 2002.
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 — Production in Congo, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,220 t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 12,350 t | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 12,481 t | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 12,100 t | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 12,500 t | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 12,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11,500 t | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 11,511 t | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 10,449 t | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 11,137 t | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 11,000 t | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 10,796 t | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 10,624 t | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 10,500 t | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 10,366 t | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 10,253 t | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 9,000 t | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 8,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 7,000 t | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 5,429 t | -22.4% |
| 2003 | 6,000 t | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 6,134 t | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 5,995 t | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 5,914 t | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 5,800 t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 6,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 6,853 t | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 7,700 t | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 8,087 t | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 8,500 t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 8,550 t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 8,568 t | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 8,763 t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 8,954 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 9,141 t | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 9,330 t | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 9,499 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 9,324 t | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 9,516 t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 9,446 t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 9,429 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,464 t | +0.4% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 9,464 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 9% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Congo's 9,464 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 5% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,222 t | 6,000 t | 10,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,765 t | 10,000 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,150 t | 11,500 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,564 t | 9,000 t | 11,511 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,313 t | 5,429 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,709 t | 7,700 t | 9,499 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,436 t | 9,324 t | 9,516 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
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 — production in Congo?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Congo was 9,464 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 12,500 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,429 t in 2002.
- How does Congo rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Congo ranks 68th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. 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 — Production. 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.