Environment · Congo, Dem. Rep.
Yearly data from 1961 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Congo, Dem. Rep.'s cereal production (metric tons) was 4.39 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 41.67% from 3.1 million in 2014 (3.55% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.39 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3.58 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.1 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 4.39 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | 448,234 | 1965 |
| Average since 2015 | 3.72 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 503,194 | 1961 |
Over five years it is up 22.7% from 3.58 million in 2019 (4.18% a year on average, compounded). Since 1961 it is up 772.11% from 503,194 in 1961 (3.5% a year on average, compounded).
In 2024, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s cereal production (metric tons) rose 4.3% on 2023 (from 4.21 million to 4.39 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +3.8% and a typical year strayed about 13% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 69.7% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.9% in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 132,567 a year. A straight line explains 98% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Extending that straight line gives about 4.7 million for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 73,795, against 328,209 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
In 2024, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 62nd highest value of the 177 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 4.39 million | 2024 |
| World | 3.13 billion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 189.73 million | 2024 |
| Low income | 105.85 million | 2024 |
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 and those used for grazing are excluded.
Limitations: Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use. The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
| Year | Cereal production (metric tons) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,388,403 |
| 2023 | 4,207,509 |
| 2022 | 4,035,104 |
| 2021 | 3,882,129 |
| 2020 | 3,720,559 |
| 2019 | 3,576,505 |
| 2018 | 3,533,730 |
| 2017 | 3,459,464 |
| 2016 | 3,293,368 |
| 2015 | 3,120,941 |
| 2014 | 3,097,524 |
| 2013 | 2,858,787 |
| 2012 | 2,644,175 |
| 2011 | 2,656,556 |
| 2010 | 2,591,311 |
| 2009 | 1,526,862 |
| 2008 | 1,525,860 |
| 2007 | 1,525,030 |
| 2006 | 1,524,145 |
| 2005 | 1,523,240 |
| 2004 | 1,522,295 |
| 2003 | 1,521,340 |
| 2002 | 1,520,470 |
| 2001 | 1,546,061 |
| 2000 | 1,572,045 |
| 1999 | 1,592,753 |
| 1998 | 1,621,403 |
| 1997 | 1,531,845 |
| 1996 | 1,556,773 |
| 1995 | 1,479,045 |
| 1994 | 1,659,940 |
| 1993 | 1,607,622 |
| 1992 | 1,502,519 |
| 1991 | 1,458,967 |
| 1990 | 1,490,658 |
| 1989 | 1,414,920 |
| 1988 | 1,332,440 |
| 1987 | 1,256,060 |
| 1986 | 1,192,860 |
| 1985 | 1,141,300 |
| 1984 | 1,057,866 |
| 1983 | 1,010,485 |
| 1982 | 981,290 |
| 1981 | 940,900 |
| 1980 | 889,000 |
| 1979 | 868,800 |
| 1978 | 770,800 |
| 1977 | 779,900 |
| 1976 | 773,400 |
| 1975 | 759,021 |
| 1974 | 735,654 |
| 1973 | 712,224 |
| 1972 | 701,555 |
| 1971 | 672,000 |
| 1970 | 666,231 |
| 1969 | 645,935 |
| 1968 | 654,274 |
| 1967 | 558,240 |
| 1966 | 532,604 |
| 1965 | 448,234 |
| 1964 | 458,636 |
| 1963 | 456,941 |
| 1962 | 491,776 |
| 1961 | 503,194 |
Every indicator for Congo, Dem. Rep. is on the Congo, Dem. Rep. data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.PRD.CREL.MT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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