Wheat — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Wheat — Yield was 1,125 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 1,125 kg/ha.
The figure is down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 1,312 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 434 kg/ha, in 1972.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 709 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 990 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1963 | 964 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 1,028 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 934.1 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 1,140 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 530 kg/ha | -53.5% |
| 1971 | 491.9 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1972 | 434 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 496.1 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 629.6 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1975 | 648.1 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 666.7 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 636.4 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 666.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 591.8 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1980 | 607.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 596.2 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 592.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 607.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 596.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 586.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 1,163 kg/ha | +98.5% |
| 1987 | 930 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1988 | 915.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 926.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 925.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 925.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,236 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1993 | 1,280 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,281 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,293 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,290 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,289 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,290 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,285 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,285 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,285 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,287 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,213 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 1,284 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1,285 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,285 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,285 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,285 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,285 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,285 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,299 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,312 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,304 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,304 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,309 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,288 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,259 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,226 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 1,189 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,125 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 1,125 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,125 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,125 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,125 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in Democratic Republic of the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +98.5% | 586.2 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -53.5% | 1,140 kg/ha | 530 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +39.6% | 709 kg/ha | 990 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +33.5% | 925.5 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +26.9% | 496.1 kg/ha | 629.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 985.01 kg/ha | 709 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 579.13 kg/ha | 434 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 752.15 kg/ha | 586.2 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,210 kg/ha | 925.5 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,278 kg/ha | 1,213 kg/ha | 1,287 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,277 kg/ha | 1,189 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 6,350 kg/ha compare
- 13 Sweden 6,169 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 673.2 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 6,002 kg/ha compare
- 15 France 5,974 kg/ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.505 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Wheat — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 1,125 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,312 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 434 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for wheat — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 12th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. 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 — 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.