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Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5521 in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.5521
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
55th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.4771
in 1994
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo stood at 0.5521.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4771, in 1994.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year

Year Value Change
1961 1 —
1962 0.9875 -1.3%
1963 0.9816 -0.6%
1964 0.9789 -0.3%
1965 0.9681 -1.1%
1966 0.9566 -1.2%
1967 0.9245 -3.4%
1968 0.8742 -5.4%
1969 0.8587 -1.8%
1970 0.8281 -3.6%
1971 0.8233 -0.6%
1972 0.8081 -1.8%
1973 0.7906 -2.2%
1974 0.7748 -2.0%
1975 0.7534 -2.8%
1976 0.7468 -0.9%
1977 0.7437 -0.4%
1978 0.7701 +3.5%
1979 0.7305 -5.1%
1980 0.7017 -3.9%
1981 0.6925 -1.3%
1982 0.656 -5.3%
1983 0.6404 -2.4%
1984 0.6243 -2.5%
1985 0.6059 -2.9%
1986 0.5949 -1.8%
1987 0.5806 -2.4%
1988 0.5635 -2.9%
1989 0.5475 -2.8%
1990 0.5181 -5.4%
1991 0.5014 -3.2%
1992 0.4908 -2.1%
1993 0.488 -0.6%
1994 0.4771 -2.2%
1995 0.5857 +22.8%
1996 0.5909 +0.9%
1997 0.6087 +3.0%
1998 0.5997 -1.5%
1999 0.6159 +2.7%
2000 0.6273 +1.9%
2001 0.6424 +2.4%
2002 0.6559 +2.1%
2003 0.6517 -0.6%
2004 0.6479 -0.6%
2005 0.6442 -0.6%
2006 0.6409 -0.5%
2007 0.6351 -0.9%
2008 0.6342 -0.2%
2009 0.6988 +10.2%
2010 0.4968 -28.9%
2011 0.5371 +8.1%
2012 0.586 +9.1%
2013 0.5663 -3.4%
2014 0.5526 -2.4%
2015 0.5564 +0.7%
2016 0.5494 -1.3%
2017 0.5638 +2.6%
2018 0.5611 -0.5%
2019 0.5561 -0.9%
2020 0.5332 -4.1%
2021 0.532 -0.2%
2022 0.5503 +3.4%
2023 0.5521 +0.3%

Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries

  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.5521 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4868, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
  • Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.5521 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2010 -28.9% 0.6988 0.4968

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.9478 0.8587 1 9
1970s 0.7769 0.7305 0.8281 10
1980s 0.6207 0.5475 0.7017 10
1990s 0.5476 0.4771 0.6159 10
2000s 0.6478 0.6273 0.6988 10
2010s 0.5526 0.4968 0.586 10
2020s 0.5419 0.532 0.5521 4

Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of Congo

  1. 52 Uganda 0.5895 compare
  2. 53 Vanuatu 0.5845 compare
  3. 54 Sweden 0.575 compare
  4. 56 Rwanda 0.5486 compare
  5. 57 Dominica 0.5457 compare
  6. 58 Argentina 0.5376 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0.5521 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4771 in 1994.
How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 55th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).