Arable land in Congo
Congo: Arable land was 1.6% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Arable land in Congo, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and website, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in % of land area.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land in Congo is 1.6%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Congo peaked at 1.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1994.
That places Congo 177th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Congo
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Congo?
- Arable land in Congo was 1.6% in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and website, 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 1.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1994.
- How does Congo rank for arable land?
- Congo ranks 177th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and website, 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 (% of land area). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land 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.