Yams — Yield in Congo
Congo: Yams — Yield was 4,764 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Congo is 4,764 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Congo peaked at 5,333 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3,331 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Congo 46th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,529 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,647 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 3,556 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 3,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,804 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 3,800 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 3,818 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 4,000 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 3,833 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 4,167 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 4,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 3,833 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 4,167 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 4,240 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 4,712 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 4,720 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 4,800 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 5,120 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 4,800 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 4,600 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 4,400 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 4,008 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 4,260 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 4,563 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 3,331 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1986 | 3,705 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 4,088 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 4,162 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 4,244 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 4,082 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 4,135 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 4,204 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 4,216 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 4,189 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 4,178 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 3,952 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 4,332 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 4,502 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 4,660 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 5,046 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 5,333 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 4,946 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 4,838 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 4,937 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 4,720 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 4,705 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 4,630 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 4,300 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 4,438 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 4,691 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 4,644 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,632 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 4,619 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 4,592 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 4,415 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 4,566 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 4,685 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 4,740 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 4,777 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 4,764 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 4,761 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 4,767 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,764 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,764 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 4,764 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Congo's 4,764 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,727 kg/ha | 3,529 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,456 kg/ha | 3,833 kg/ha | 5,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,136 kg/ha | 3,331 kg/ha | 4,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,245 kg/ha | 3,952 kg/ha | 4,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,789 kg/ha | 4,300 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,636 kg/ha | 4,415 kg/ha | 4,777 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,764 kg/ha | 4,761 kg/ha | 4,767 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 43 Sao Tome and Principe 5,806 kg/ha compare
- 44 Comoros 5,589 kg/ha compare
- 45 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,528 kg/ha compare
- 47 Philippines 4,687 kg/ha compare
- 48 Haiti 4,491 kg/ha compare
- 49 Belize 4,400 kg/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 — yield in Congo?
- Yams — yield in Congo was 4,764 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 5,333 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,331 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Congo rank for yams — yield?
- Congo ranks 46th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.