Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Congo
Congo: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 441.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Congo recorded 441.1 kg/ha for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Congo peaked at 672.4 kg/ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 241.7 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Congo 122nd out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 466.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 476.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 392 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1965 | 439 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 507.2 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 551.9 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 491.5 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1969 | 511.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 509.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 550 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 511.6 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 575 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1974 | 505 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 672.4 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1976 | 480 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1977 | 479.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 344.6 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1979 | 424.7 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1980 | 303.4 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1981 | 266.7 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1982 | 284.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 290 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 241.7 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 265.7 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 280 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 285.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 1990 | 426.7 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 404.4 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 428.6 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 400.8 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 396.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 392 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 384 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 357.1 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 375 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 385 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 333.3 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 381.2 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2002 | 373.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 450.7 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2004 | 422.7 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 423.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 441.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 426.4 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 428.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 431.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 442.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 440 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 450 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 443.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 440.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 443.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 421.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 430.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 437.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 439.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 440.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 440.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 439.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 440.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 441.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 441.1 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,398 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Congo's 441.1 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 887.1 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +75.0% | 285.7 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 481.81 kg/ha | 392 kg/ha | 551.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 505.22 kg/ha | 344.6 kg/ha | 672.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 300.36 kg/ha | 241.7 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 394.98 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 411.15 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 450.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 438.95 kg/ha | 421.9 kg/ha | 450 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 440.52 kg/ha | 439.7 kg/ha | 441.1 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Congo?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Congo was 441.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 672.4 kg/ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 241.7 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Congo rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Congo ranks 122nd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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 — 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.