Yams — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Yams — Yield was 4,632 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 4,632 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 9,000 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 4,297 kg/ha, in 2012.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 7,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 8,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 7,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 7,526 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 7,533 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 7,381 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 7,791 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 7,568 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 7,594 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 7,482 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 7,705 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 7,391 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 7,419 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 7,610 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 7,508 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 7,268 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 8,008 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 9,000 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,812 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 8,915 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 7,549 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1987 | 7,569 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 7,107 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 7,115 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 6,848 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 6,892 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 6,887 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 6,922 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 6,922 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,826 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 6,741 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 6,809 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 6,911 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 6,350 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 5,850 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 4,981 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2002 | 4,396 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 4,396 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,396 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,396 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,396 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,396 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,396 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,396 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,397 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,343 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 4,297 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 4,322 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,341 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 4,390 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 4,605 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 4,492 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 4,540 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 4,587 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 4,632 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 4,562 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,609 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 4,622 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 4,632 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,526 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,555 kg/ha | 7,268 kg/ha | 8,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,307 kg/ha | 7,107 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,811 kg/ha | 6,350 kg/ha | 6,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,600 kg/ha | 4,396 kg/ha | 5,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,431 kg/ha | 4,297 kg/ha | 4,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,611 kg/ha | 4,562 kg/ha | 4,632 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Yams — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 4,632 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 9,000 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,297 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for yams — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 9th out of 9 regions with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.