FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in DR Congo
According to FAOSTAT, the DR Congo produced 4.4 million t of cereals, 602,503 t of vegetables, 6.8 million t of fruit, 256,277 t of meat and 10,374 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were cassava (46.6 million t), plantains (4.9 million t) and sugar cane (2.5 million t).
- Products recorded
- 84
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 10
- products
- Year
- 2024
The DR Congo ranks second or third in the world for cassava, plantains and melonseed.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in rice (+90%), followed by cassava (+34%).
Livestock numbers: 2.0 million cattle, 1.0 million pigs, 920,510 sheep and 4.1 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All roots and tubers | 48,413,696 | 4 | 5.13% | +33% |
| All fruit | 6,757,416 | 28 | 0.71% | −1.2% |
| All cereals | 4,388,403 | 62 | 0.14% | +42% |
| All sugar crops | 2,505,252 | 55 | 0.11% | +23% |
| All vegetables | 602,503 | 97 | 0.05% | +3.3% |
| All pulses | 401,795 | 38 | 0.41% | +16% |
| All meat | 256,277 | 99 | 0.07% | +8.6% |
| All citrus fruit | 180,487 | 55 | 0.11% | −2.4% |
| All milk | 10,374 | 156 | 0% | +5.9% |
| All eggs | 8,900 | 116 | 0.01% | −3.3% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassava | 46,558,022 | 2 | 13.62% | +34% |
| Plantains | 4,908,314 | 2 | 11.01% | −1.0% |
| Sugar cane | 2,505,252 | 40 | 0.13% | +23% |
| Maize | 2,387,753 | 39 | 0.2% | +19% |
| Oil palm fruit | 1,953,210 | 13 | 0.47% | +8.5% |
| Rice (paddy) | 1,940,592 | 30 | 0.24% | +90% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 922,483 | 2 | 9.42% | +7.7% |
| Bananas | 811,021 | 28 | 0.58% | −2.6% |
| Sweet potatoes | 625,963 | 20 | 0.69% | +31% |
| Beer | 520,000 | 45 | 0.28% | −13% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 508,245 | 19 | 0.88% | +21% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 424,481 | 41 | 0.15% | +5.7% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 310,848 | 23 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| Palm oil | 300,000 | 14 | 0.38% | +6.4% |
| Beans, dry | 280,241 | 20 | 0.93% | +13% |
| Papayas | 207,573 | 8 | 1.42% | −0.9% |
| Pineapples | 186,334 | 27 | 0.63% | −6.8% |
| Oranges | 164,413 | 35 | 0.24% | −2.6% |
| Yams | 127,840 | 18 | 0.14% | +27% |
| Potatoes | 109,367 | 105 | 0.03% | +9.8% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 90,833 | 45 | 0.23% | +6.2% |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 90,695 | 6 | 4.42% | +2.0% |
| Cow peas, dry | 86,170 | 13 | 0.85% | +23% |
| Raw sugar | 80,000 | 80 | 0.04% | 0.0% |
| Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled | 78,858 | 4 | 5.03% | +4.2% |
| Palm kernels | 75,000 | 16 | 0.39% | +6.4% |
| Taro | 70,021 | 18 | 0.38% | +1.5% |
| Coffee, green | 65,701 | 18 | 0.58% | +133% |
| Melonseed | 63,615 | 3 | 6.53% | +2.7% |
| Avocados | 62,006 | 26 | 0.55% | −2.9% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 59,902 | 6 | 2.47% | +28% |
| Onions, dry | 56,204 | 84 | 0.05% | −0.4% |
| Tomatoes | 51,371 | 98 | 0.03% | +5.5% |
| Cocoa beans | 50,000 | 13 | 0.96% | +1,567% |
| Millet | 41,042 | 30 | 0.13% | −11% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 36,054 | 18 | 0.66% | −0.6% |
| Molasses | 35,028 | 73 | 0.05% | +0.1% |
| Seed cotton | 30,480 | 43 | 0.04% | +1.6% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 29,972 | 66 | 0.09% | −8.2% |
| Soybeans | 28,401 | 58 | 0.01% | +36% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 27,812 | 112 | 0.04% | +84% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 27,760 | 83 | 0.02% | +13% |
| Cabbages | 20,358 | 93 | 0.03% | −9.6% |
| Cotton seed | 19,797 | 43 | 0.05% | +0.6% |
| Groundnut oil | 19,381 | 30 | 0.3% | +0.8% |
| Goat meat | 18,300 | 41 | 0.24% | +1.6% |
| Oil of palm kernel | 16,400 | 18 | 0.2% | +228% |
| Bambara beans, dry | 15,889 | 7 | 6.68% | +48% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 14,724 | 49 | 0.05% | −10% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 10,838 | 50 | 0.24% | +4.2% |
| Cow milk | 10,374 | 151 | 0% | +5.9% |
| Chicken meat | 10,000 | 138 | 0.01% | −9.3% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 9,187 | 35 | 0.09% | −2.9% |
| Sorghum | 9,009 | 74 | 0.01% | +74% |
| Wheat | 9,000 | 98 | 0% | −10% |
| Hen eggs | 8,900 | 116 | 0.01% | −3.3% |
| Cotton lint | 8,752 | 47 | 0.04% | +16% |
| Kenaf | 7,835 | 6 | 3.4% | +7.5% |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 7,154 | 11 | 0.15% | +15% |
| Lemons and limes | 6,887 | 62 | 0.03% | +3.4% |
| Natural rubber | 6,500 | 26 | 0.04% | −40% |
| Other beans, green | 4,607 | 60 | 0.02% | 0.0% |
| Sesame seed | 4,565 | 46 | 0.07% | −2.1% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 4,561 | 91 | 0.05% | +84% |
| Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c. | 4,053 | 24 | 0.12% | +1.9% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 3,671 | 96 | 0.04% | +85% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 3,517 | 53 | 0.06% | −15% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 3,261 | 41 | 0.22% | +1.7% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 3,261 | 37 | 0.21% | +1.7% |
| Sheep meat | 2,851 | 96 | 0.02% | +0.5% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,776 | 53 | 0.03% | +13% |
| Fat of pigs | 2,776 | 49 | 0.02% | +13% |
| Margarine and shortening | 2,488 | 81 | 0.02% | — |
| Tea leaves | 2,014 | 34 | 0.01% | +22% |
| Peas, dry | 1,503 | 72 | 0.01% | +9.5% |
| Barley | 1,007 | 93 | 0% | +5.6% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 890 | 93 | 0.03% | +84% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 824 | 75 | 0.04% | +0.6% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 665 | 34 | 0.21% | +1.5% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 577 | 81 | 0.03% | +0.7% |
| Carrots and turnips | 403 | 120 | 0% | −4.0% |
| Cucumbers | 382 | 127 | 0% | +0.5% |
| Cottonseed oil | 359 | 62 | 0.01% | −88% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 146 | 80 | 0.02% | +0.7% |
Live animals, 2024
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.