What is the highest arable land recorded in Congo?

The highest recorded value was 0.4795 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Congo?

The lowest recorded value was 0.089 hectares per person in 2023.

How does Congo rank for arable land?

Congo ranks 118th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Congo?

Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Arable land in Congo

Name: Arable land in Congo
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Congo: Arable land was 0.089 hectares per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)

0.089 hectares per person

Change on year

down 2.4%

World rank

118th

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.4795 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.089 hectares per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Congo, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

Congo recorded 0.089 hectares per person for arable land in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Congo peaked at 0.4795 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.089 hectares per person, in 2023.

That places Congo 118th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.4299 hectares per person	0.3827 hectares per person	0.4795 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.3256 hectares per person	0.2712 hectares per person	0.3721 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.2499 hectares per person	0.217 hectares per person	0.2701 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.1793 hectares per person	0.1632 hectares per person	0.2012 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.135 hectares per person	0.1168 hectares per person	0.1555 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.1079 hectares per person	0.0979 hectares per person	0.115 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0923 hectares per person	0.089 hectares per person	0.0956 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Congo

115 Liberia 0.091 hectares per person compare
116 Dominica 0.0902 hectares per person compare
117 Mauritania 0.0896 hectares per person compare
119 United Kingdom 0.0882 hectares per person compare
120 Portugal 0.0877 hectares per person compare
121 North Korea 0.0869 hectares per person compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Congo

Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Rural population 35.9% (2025)
Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
Rural population 2.33 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.1% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.65 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 34,588 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 877.7 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 30,359 metric tons (2023)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Congo?: Arable land in Congo was 0.089 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Congo?: The highest recorded value was 0.4795 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Congo?: The lowest recorded value was 0.089 hectares per person in 2023.
How does Congo rank for arable land?: Congo ranks 118th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Congo?: Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Congo data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.