Tomatoes — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 822 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Congo is 822 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Congo peaked at 1,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 420 ha, in 1961.
Congo ranks 103rd of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 420 ha | — |
| 1962 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 490 ha | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 550 ha | +12.2% |
| 1967 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 950 ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 917 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 850 ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 844 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 760 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 700 ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 651 ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 600 ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 496 ha | -17.3% |
| 1998 | 550 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 479 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 484 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 666 ha | +37.6% |
| 2003 | 570 ha | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 660 ha | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 650 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 646 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 635 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 650 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 685 ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 732 ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 755 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 777 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 800 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 818 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 791 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 798 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 800 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 811 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 835 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 816 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 832 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 826 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 824 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 822 ha | -0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 822 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 7% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Congo's 822 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 9% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +37.6% | 484 ha | 666 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 506.67 ha | 420 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 870 ha | 700 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 965 ha | 900 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 686.8 ha | 496 ha | 917 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 612.5 ha | 479 ha | 685 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 791.7 ha | 732 ha | 835 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 824 ha | 816 ha | 832 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 100 Costa Rica 1,087 ha compare
- 101 Belgium-Luxembourg 900 ha compare
- 102 Honduras 847 ha compare
- 104 United Arab Emirates 818 ha compare
- 105 Croatia 670 ha compare
- 106 Panama 603 ha compare
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Congo?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Congo was 822 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 420 ha in 1961.
- How does Congo rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 103rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.