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Agricultural land in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agricultural land in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 16.2% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 173rd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202416.2% Estimated
Change on 2023+0.2 pts
Rank173rd of 224Countries ranked
Series high16.22024
Series low11.11961

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Agricultural land in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024

101214161819611971198119912001201120241961: 11.1 %1962: 11.1 %1963: 11.1 %1964: 11.1 %1965: 11.1 %1966: 11.1 %1967: 11.1 %1968: 11.1 %1969: 11.2 %1970: 11.2 %1971: 11.2 %1972: 11.2 %1973: 11.3 %1974: 11.3 %1975: 11.3 %1976: 11.3 %1977: 11.3 %1978: 11.3 %1979: 11.3 %1980: 11.3 %1981: 11.4 %1982: 11.4 %1983: 11.4 %1984: 11.4 %1985: 11.4 %1986: 11.5 %1987: 11.5 %1988: 11.5 %1989: 11.5 %1990: 11.5 %1991: 11.5 %1992: 11.5 %1993: 11.5 %1994: 11.5 %1995: 11.5 %1996: 11.5 %1997: 11.5 %1998: 11.5 %1999: 11.5 %2000: 11.5 %2001: 11.5 %2002: 11.5 %2003: 11.5 %2004: 11.5 %2005: 11.5 %2006: 11.5 %2007: 11.6 %2008: 11.6 %2009: 11.6 %2010: 13.7 %2011: 14 %2012: 14.1 %2013: 14.4 %2014: 14.6 %2015: 14.7 %2016: 14.9 %2017: 15.1 %2018: 15.3 %2019: 15.3 %2020: 15.5 %2021: 15.5 %2022: 15.8 %2023: 16 %2024: 16.2 %101214161819611983200520241961: 11.1 %1962: 11.1 %1963: 11.1 %1964: 11.1 %1965: 11.1 %1966: 11.1 %1967: 11.1 %1968: 11.1 %1969: 11.2 %1970: 11.2 %1971: 11.2 %1972: 11.2 %1973: 11.3 %1974: 11.3 %1975: 11.3 %1976: 11.3 %1977: 11.3 %1978: 11.3 %1979: 11.3 %1980: 11.3 %1981: 11.4 %1982: 11.4 %1983: 11.4 %1984: 11.4 %1985: 11.4 %1986: 11.5 %1987: 11.5 %1988: 11.5 %1989: 11.5 %1990: 11.5 %1991: 11.5 %1992: 11.5 %1993: 11.5 %1994: 11.5 %1995: 11.5 %1996: 11.5 %1997: 11.5 %1998: 11.5 %1999: 11.5 %2000: 11.5 %2001: 11.5 %2002: 11.5 %2003: 11.5 %2004: 11.5 %2005: 11.5 %2006: 11.5 %2007: 11.6 %2008: 11.6 %2009: 11.6 %2010: 13.7 %2011: 14 %2012: 14.1 %2013: 14.4 %2014: 14.6 %2015: 14.7 %2016: 14.9 %2017: 15.1 %2018: 15.3 %2019: 15.3 %2020: 15.5 %2021: 15.5 %2022: 15.8 %2023: 16 %2024: 16.2 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202416.2 Estimated
202316 Estimated
202215.8 Estimated
202115.5 Estimated
202015.5 Estimated
201915.3 Estimated
201815.3 Estimated
201715.1 Estimated
201614.9 Estimated
201514.7 Estimated
201414.6 Estimated
201314.4 Estimated
201214.1 Estimated
201114 Estimated
201013.7 Estimated
200911.6 Estimated
200811.6 Estimated
200711.6 Estimated
200611.5 Estimated
200511.5 Estimated
200411.5 Estimated
200311.5 Estimated
200211.5 Estimated
200111.5 Estimated
200011.5 Estimated
199911.5 Estimated
199811.5 Estimated
199711.5 Estimated
199611.5 Estimated
199511.5 Estimated
199411.5 Estimated
199311.5 Estimated
199211.5 Estimated
199111.5 Estimated
199011.5 Estimated
198911.5 Estimated
198811.5 Estimated
198711.5 Estimated
198611.5 Estimated
198511.4 Estimated
198411.4 Estimated
198311.4 Estimated
198211.4 Estimated
198111.4 Estimated
198011.3 Estimated
197911.3 Estimated
197811.3 Estimated
197711.3 Estimated
197611.3 Estimated
197511.3 Estimated
197411.3 Estimated
197311.3 Estimated
197211.2 Estimated
197111.2 Estimated
197011.2 Estimated
196911.2 Estimated
196811.1 Estimated
196711.1 Estimated
196611.1 Estimated
196511.1 Estimated
196411.1 Estimated
196311.1 Estimated
196211.1 Estimated
196111.1 Estimated

Democratic Republic of the Congo compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Democratic Republic of the Congo is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/democratic-republic-of-the-congo. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/democratic-republic-of-the-congo.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/democratic-republic-of-the-congo (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Agricultural land in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 16.2% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2 pts from 2023. That is the 173rd highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

16.2% in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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