Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 1,121 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 1,121 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Congo peaked at 2,100 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 240 ha, in 1996.
Congo ranks 70th of 139 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 1,350 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 1,650 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 1,800 ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,508 ha | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 2,100 ha | +39.3% |
| 1977 | 1,263 ha | -39.9% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 1,559 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | -53.3% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +71.4% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | -70.8% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1991 | 326 ha | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 373 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 331 ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 319 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 240 ha | -24.8% |
| 1997 | 280 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 400 ha | +42.9% |
| 1999 | 459 ha | +14.8% |
| 2000 | 600 ha | +30.7% |
| 2001 | 584 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 670 ha | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 710 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 700 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 680 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 791 ha | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 868 ha | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 950 ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,043 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1,079 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 1,098 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,125 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,089 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 1,066 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 1,059 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,061 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,111 ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 1,108 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,114 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,121 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,200 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,702 ha | 1,263 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 830.9 ha | 350 ha | 1,559 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 337.8 ha | 240 ha | 459 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 700.3 ha | 584 ha | 868 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,051 ha | 950 ha | 1,125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,103 ha | 1,061 ha | 1,121 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Congo?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Congo was 1,121 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,100 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 ha in 1996.
- How does Congo rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 70th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.