Cereal yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cereal farms in Democratic Republic of the Congo harvested 872 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2024 872 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 +1.0% 2023: 863 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Democratic Republic of the Congo (2024).
Position in 2024 163rd of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period Democratic Republic of the CongoWorld
2024 872 kg per hectare –
2023 863 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 850 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 897 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 877 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 836 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 812 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 794 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 786 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 769 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 769 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 772 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 772 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 771 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 785 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 772 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 772 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 772 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 772 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 772 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 772 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 772 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 772 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 787 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 787 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0% from 863 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 769 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +13.4%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Democratic Republic of the Congo has the 163rd highest value.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)