Yams — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Yams — Area harvested was 27,602 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo stood at 27,602 ha.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 42,517 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 13,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1969 | 21,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 21,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 21,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 22,700 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 23,300 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 23,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 24,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 24,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 24,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 24,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 25,600 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 26,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 27,100 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 27,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 28,700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 29,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 34,800 ha | +18.8% |
| 1987 | 34,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 37,300 ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 37,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 39,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 41,686 ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 41,889 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 41,829 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 42,517 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 13,000 ha | -69.4% |
| 1996 | 13,399 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 13,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 14,647 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 15,383 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 17,486 ha | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 19,174 ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 19,409 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 19,304 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 19,313 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19,550 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 19,788 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 20,030 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 20,273 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 20,519 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 21,029 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 22,154 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 22,605 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 23,129 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 22,914 ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 22,787 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 23,834 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 24,068 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 24,455 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 24,858 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 25,910 ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 26,326 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 26,947 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 27,602 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,444 ha | 8,000 ha | 21,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,210 ha | 21,300 ha | 24,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,940 ha | 25,600 ha | 37,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,547 ha | 13,000 ha | 42,517 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,971 ha | 15,383 ha | 20,273 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,749 ha | 20,519 ha | 24,455 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,329 ha | 24,858 ha | 27,602 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Yams — area harvested in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 27,602 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 42,517 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for yams — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. 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 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.