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Potato production in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Potato production in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 109,367 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 1.2% from 2023. That is the 105th highest of 154 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes109,367
Change on 2023+1.2%
Rank105th of 154Countries ranked
Series high115,8161994
Series low14,7121962

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Potato production in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024

025K50K75K100K125K19611971198119912001201120241961: 17,204 tonnes1962: 14,712 tonnes1963: 17,670 tonnes1964: 17,958 tonnes1965: 25,000 tonnes1966: 27,000 tonnes1967: 28,000 tonnes1968: 29,000 tonnes1969: 30,200 tonnes1970: 28,400 tonnes1971: 30,000 tonnes1972: 30,000 tonnes1973: 32,000 tonnes1974: 31,600 tonnes1975: 32,500 tonnes1976: 32,800 tonnes1977: 33,100 tonnes1978: 30,900 tonnes1979: 25,000 tonnes1980: 25,500 tonnes1981: 26,500 tonnes1982: 27,000 tonnes1983: 28,000 tonnes1984: 28,500 tonnes1985: 29,100 tonnes1986: 30,130 tonnes1987: 31,160 tonnes1988: 31,850 tonnes1989: 32,560 tonnes1990: 33,280 tonnes1991: 34,010 tonnes1992: 35,000 tonnes1993: 112,924 tonnes1994: 115,816 tonnes1995: 86,687 tonnes1996: 87,465 tonnes1997: 88,250 tonnes1998: 88,000 tonnes1999: 89,046 tonnes2000: 89,847 tonnes2001: 90,660 tonnes2002: 91,480 tonnes2003: 91,890 tonnes2004: 92,300 tonnes2005: 93,140 tonnes2006: 93,140 tonnes2007: 93,560 tonnes2008: 93,980 tonnes2009: 94,402 tonnes2010: 94,826 tonnes2011: 95,269 tonnes2012: 97,848 tonnes2013: 98,704 tonnes2014: 99,572 tonnes2015: 99,751 tonnes2016: 100,136 tonnes2017: 100,468 tonnes2018: 101,694 tonnes2019: 102,932 tonnes2020: 104,157 tonnes2021: 104,187 tonnes2022: 105,457 tonnes2023: 108,046 tonnes2024: 109,367 tonnes050K100K150K19611983200520241961: 17,204 tonnes1962: 14,712 tonnes1963: 17,670 tonnes1964: 17,958 tonnes1965: 25,000 tonnes1966: 27,000 tonnes1967: 28,000 tonnes1968: 29,000 tonnes1969: 30,200 tonnes1970: 28,400 tonnes1971: 30,000 tonnes1972: 30,000 tonnes1973: 32,000 tonnes1974: 31,600 tonnes1975: 32,500 tonnes1976: 32,800 tonnes1977: 33,100 tonnes1978: 30,900 tonnes1979: 25,000 tonnes1980: 25,500 tonnes1981: 26,500 tonnes1982: 27,000 tonnes1983: 28,000 tonnes1984: 28,500 tonnes1985: 29,100 tonnes1986: 30,130 tonnes1987: 31,160 tonnes1988: 31,850 tonnes1989: 32,560 tonnes1990: 33,280 tonnes1991: 34,010 tonnes1992: 35,000 tonnes1993: 112,924 tonnes1994: 115,816 tonnes1995: 86,687 tonnes1996: 87,465 tonnes1997: 88,250 tonnes1998: 88,000 tonnes1999: 89,046 tonnes2000: 89,847 tonnes2001: 90,660 tonnes2002: 91,480 tonnes2003: 91,890 tonnes2004: 92,300 tonnes2005: 93,140 tonnes2006: 93,140 tonnes2007: 93,560 tonnes2008: 93,980 tonnes2009: 94,402 tonnes2010: 94,826 tonnes2011: 95,269 tonnes2012: 97,848 tonnes2013: 98,704 tonnes2014: 99,572 tonnes2015: 99,751 tonnes2016: 100,136 tonnes2017: 100,468 tonnes2018: 101,694 tonnes2019: 102,932 tonnes2020: 104,157 tonnes2021: 104,187 tonnes2022: 105,457 tonnes2023: 108,046 tonnes2024: 109,367 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
2024109,367
2023108,046
2022105,457
2021104,187
2020104,157
2019102,932
2018101,694
2017100,468
2016100,136 Estimated
201599,751
201499,572
201398,704
201297,848
201195,269
201094,826
200994,402
200893,980
200793,560
200693,140
200593,140
200492,300
200391,890
200291,480
200190,660
200089,847
199989,046
199888,000
199788,250
199687,465
199586,687
1994115,816
1993112,924
199235,000
199134,010
199033,280
198932,560
198831,850
198731,160
198630,130
198529,100
198428,500
198328,000
198227,000
198126,500
198025,500
197925,000
197830,900
197733,100
197632,800
197532,500
197431,600
197332,000 Estimated
197230,000 Estimated
197130,000 Estimated
197028,400
196930,200
196829,000
196728,000
196627,000
196525,000
196417,958
196317,670
196214,712
196117,204

Democratic Republic of the Congo compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 1,086 tonnesAfghanistan: 908,218 tonnesAlbania: 277,824 tonnesArmenia: 337,683 tonnesAngola: 528,284 tonnesArgentina: 2,111,561 tonnesAustria: 693,640 tonnesAustralia: 1,530,163 tonnesAzerbaijan: 954,005 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 387,349 tonnesBangladesh: 10,601,182 tonnesBelgium: 3,977,850 tonnesBurkina Faso: 33,440 tonnesBulgaria: 113,940 tonnesBurundi: 420,224 tonnesBenin: 406 tonnesBolivia: 1,382,383 tonnesBrazil: 4,183,933 tonnesBhutan: 37,778 tonnesBotswana: 3,632 tonnesBelarus: 3,110,894 tonnesBelize: 1,395 tonnesCanada: 6,511,540 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 109,367 tonnesCentral African Republic: 1,396 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 7,114 tonnesSwitzerland: 370,665 tonnesChile: 1,246,278 tonnesCameroon: 370,206 tonnesChina: 94,806,520 tonnesColombia: 2,492,099 tonnesCosta Rica: 75,242 tonnesCuba: 79,054 tonnesCape Verde: 2,212 tonnesCyprus: 81,750 tonnesCzechia: 655,510 tonnesGermany: 12,703,300 tonnesDenmark: 2,997,600 tonnesDominican Republic: 123,505 tonnesAlgeria: 4,596,493 tonnesEcuador: 221,187 tonnesEstonia: 69,330 tonnesEgypt: 8,082,291 tonnesEritrea: 58 tonnesSpain: 1,971,170 tonnesEthiopia: 4,089,166 tonnesFinland: 553,100 tonnesFiji: 0 tonnesFaroe Islands: 1,532 tonnesFrance: 9,237,460 tonnesUnited Kingdom: 5,515,533 tonnesGeorgia: 221,500 tonnesGuinea: 607,049 tonnesGreece: 332,910 tonnesGuatemala: 550,783 tonnesHonduras: 27,045 tonnesCroatia: 133,860 tonnesHaiti: 35,011 tonnesHungary: 234,350 tonnesIndonesia: 1,270,449 tonnesIreland: 368,340 tonnesIsrael: 475,010 tonnesIndia: 57,053,344 tonnesIraq: 195,785 tonnesIran: 2,921,904 tonnesIceland: 5,514 tonnesItaly: 1,412,700 tonnesJamaica: 11,121 tonnesJordan: 161,367 tonnesJapan: 2,236,459 tonnesKenya: 2,188,110 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 1,190,214 tonnesNorth Korea: 413,319 tonnesSouth Korea: 568,625 tonnesKuwait: 15,980 tonnesKazakhstan: 2,634,610 tonnesLaos: 1,522 tonnesLebanon: 610,700 tonnesSri Lanka: 42,207 tonnesLesotho: 132,750 tonnesLithuania: 265,330 tonnesLuxembourg: 17,730 tonnesLatvia: 130,700 tonnesLibya: 369,147 tonnesMorocco: 2,194,126 tonnesMoldova: 135,372 tonnesMontenegro: 33,179 tonnesMadagascar: 248,208 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 200,983 tonnesMali: 234,244 tonnesMyanmar: 422,111 tonnesMongolia: 251,405 tonnesMauritania: 2,393 tonnesMauritius: 13,668 tonnesMalawi: 1,457,542 tonnesMexico: 2,123,718 tonnesMozambique: 552,561 tonnesNamibia: 14,556 tonnesNew Caledonia: 2,105 tonnesNiger: 328,900 tonnesNigeria: 1,228,588 tonnesNetherlands: 6,366,750 tonnesNorway: 354,900 tonnesNepal: 3,521,794 tonnesNew Zealand: 531,438 tonnesOman: 14,086 tonnesPanama: 26,916 tonnesPeru: 6,579,754 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 1,263 tonnesPhilippines: 102,791 tonnesPakistan: 8,434,370 tonnesPoland: 5,920,170 tonnesPortugal: 357,550 tonnesParaguay: 1,170 tonnesQatar: 965 tonnesRomania: 1,053,300 tonnesSerbia: 608,907 tonnesRussia: 18,448,001 tonnesRwanda: 827,355 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 625,071 tonnesSudan: 542,795 tonnesSweden: 879,800 tonnesSlovenia: 74,640 tonnesSlovakia: 170,630 tonnesSenegal: 146,775 tonnesEl Salvador: 6,048 tonnesSyria: 671,811 tonnesEswatini: 8,618 tonnesChad: 34,502 tonnesThailand: 119,501 tonnesTajikistan: 1,263,948 tonnesTimor-Leste: 1,217 tonnesTurkmenistan: 824,320 tonnesTunisia: 466,090 tonnesTürkiye: 6,900,000 tonnesTaiwan: 62,249 tonnesTanzania: 560,929 tonnesUkraine: 21,128,900 tonnesUganda: 461,361 tonnesUnited States: 19,061,860 tonnesUruguay: 66,551 tonnesUzbekistan: 3,716,862 tonnesVenezuela: 520,567 tonnesVietnam: 354,657 tonnesVanuatu: 3 tonnesYemen: 312,755 tonnesSouth Africa: 2,623,499 tonnesZambia: 34,153 tonnesZimbabwe: 673,484 tonnes
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Potato production, 2024, tonnes. 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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Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_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. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (Potato production, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/democratic-republic-of-the-congo. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Potato production, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/democratic-republic-of-the-congo.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/democratic-republic-of-the-congo (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the potato production in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Potato production in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 109,367 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 1.2% from 2023. That is the 105th highest of 154 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest potato production in Democratic Republic of the Congo?

115,816 tonnes in 1994, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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