Wheat — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Wheat — Area harvested was 8,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 8,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 9,382 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,669 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,235 ha | +41.2% |
| 1968 | 2,806 ha | -33.7% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 6,143 ha | +104.8% |
| 1971 | 4,066 ha | -33.8% |
| 1972 | 3,813 ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 2,669 ha | -30.0% |
| 1974 | 5,400 ha | +102.3% |
| 1975 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 5,400 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 4,900 ha | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 5,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 7,100 ha | +22.4% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 7,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,290 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 7,380 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 7,470 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 7,600 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 8,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 8,367 ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 7,949 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 8,021 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 8,093 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 7,704 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 7,304 ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 6,924 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 6,557 ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 7,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 6,650 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 6,685 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 6,724 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 6,763 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 6,802 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 6,840 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 6,878 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 6,808 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 7,085 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 7,362 ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 7,671 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 7,257 ha | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 8,540 ha | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 7,944 ha | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 9,382 ha | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 8,443 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 8,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,116 ha | 2,806 ha | 4,235 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,869 ha | 2,669 ha | 6,143 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,130 ha | 5,100 ha | 7,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,787 ha | 7,290 ha | 8,367 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,825 ha | 6,557 ha | 7,304 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,737 ha | 6,808 ha | 9,382 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Wheat — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 8,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 9,382 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,669 ha in 1973.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Wheat — 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.