Sweet potatoes — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 5,012 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 5,012 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 5,989 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3,838 kg/ha, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,989 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,900 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 5,820 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 5,903 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 5,182 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1966 | 5,538 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 4,906 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1968 | 4,913 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 4,987 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 4,946 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 4,986 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 5,044 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 5,038 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 5,045 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 5,046 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,968 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 4,733 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 5,000 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,003 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,760 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 4,772 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 4,772 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,945 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 4,945 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,838 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1996 | 4,533 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1997 | 5,050 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 5,009 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,012 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,011 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,011 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,009 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,013 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 5,001 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 5,005 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 5,010 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,014 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 5,018 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 5,023 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 5,025 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5,026 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5,024 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 5,024 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,009 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,010 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,012 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,461 kg/ha | 4,906 kg/ha | 5,989 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,979 kg/ha | 4,733 kg/ha | 5,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,953 kg/ha | 4,760 kg/ha | 5,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,810 kg/ha | 3,838 kg/ha | 5,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,011 kg/ha | 5,011 kg/ha | 5,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,014 kg/ha | 5,001 kg/ha | 5,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,016 kg/ha | 5,009 kg/ha | 5,024 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 5,012 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 5,989 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,838 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 14th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.