Tea leaves — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 33,157 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — 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, tea leaves — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 33,157 ha.
The figure is up 59.2% on the previous year and up 215.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 39,724 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,013 ha, in 2002.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,653 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,768 ha | +24.4% |
| 1963 | 10,270 ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 7,295 ha | -29.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1966 | 8,400 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 7,575 ha | -9.8% |
| 1968 | 8,170 ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 8,766 ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 10,500 ha | +19.8% |
| 1971 | 10,400 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 10,600 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 10,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 10,400 ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 10,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 10,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 10,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 11,200 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 11,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,230 ha | -37.1% |
| 1987 | 8,700 ha | +20.3% |
| 1988 | 8,200 ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 9,210 ha | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 8,420 ha | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 8,550 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 9,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1995 | 5,100 ha | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 5,130 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 4,975 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 4,823 ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 3,600 ha | -25.4% |
| 2000 | 2,723 ha | -24.4% |
| 2001 | 2,341 ha | -14.0% |
| 2002 | 2,013 ha | -14.0% |
| 2003 | 3,000 ha | +49.0% |
| 2004 | 4,216 ha | +40.5% |
| 2005 | 4,243 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 4,757 ha | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 5,351 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 6,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 6,730 ha | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 7,549 ha | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 10,915 ha | +44.6% |
| 2012 | 12,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 39,099 ha | +225.8% |
| 2019 | 37,946 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 39,724 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 34,285 ha | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 24,650 ha | -28.1% |
| 2023 | 20,833 ha | -15.5% |
| 2024 | 33,157 ha | +59.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,655 ha | 7,295 ha | 10,768 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,370 ha | 10,000 ha | 10,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,904 ha | 7,230 ha | 11,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,460 ha | 3,600 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,137 ha | 2,013 ha | 6,730 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,251 ha | 7,549 ha | 39,099 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,530 ha | 20,833 ha | 39,724 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 33,157 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 39,724 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,013 ha in 2002.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 215.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Tea leaves — Area harvested. 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.