Yams — Area harvested in Congo
Congo: Yams — Area harvested was 3,353 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Congo is 3,353 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Congo peaked at 12,000 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 2001.
That places Congo 31st out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,500 ha | -79.2% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 2,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 2,652 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 2,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 2,785 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 2,900 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 3,007 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 2,100 ha | -30.2% |
| 1997 | 2,055 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 2,265 ha | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 1,910 ha | -15.7% |
| 2000 | 1,982 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | -24.3% |
| 2002 | 2,200 ha | +46.7% |
| 2003 | 2,268 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 2,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 2,572 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 2,700 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 3,042 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 2,922 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 3,100 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,300 ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 3,327 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 3,436 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 3,354 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 3,312 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 3,335 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 3,327 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,379 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 3,347 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 3,351 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,359 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 3,353 ha | -0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 3,353 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 50% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Congo's 3,353 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 43% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | -79.2% | 12,000 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 2002 | +46.7% | 1,500 ha | 2,200 ha |
| 1996 | -30.2% | 3,007 ha | 2,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,800 ha | 8,500 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,300 ha | 2,500 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,530 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,497 ha | 1,910 ha | 3,007 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,406 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,042 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,251 ha | 2,922 ha | 3,436 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,358 ha | 3,347 ha | 3,379 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 28 Haiti 4,862 ha compare
- 29 Solomon Islands 4,435 ha compare
- 30 Panama 4,039 ha compare
- 32 Philippines 2,855 ha compare
- 33 New Caledonia 2,590 ha compare
- 34 Liberia 2,401 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 yams — area harvested in Congo?
- Yams — area harvested in Congo was 3,353 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 2001.
- How does Congo rank for yams — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 31st out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.