China vs Congo: Oil palm fruit yields
China
13.17 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Congo
12.47 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
15th
Congo rank
18th
Oil palm fruit yields over time
- China
- Congo
How they compare
China currently reports 13.17 tonnes per hectare against 12.47 tonnes per hectare in Congo, a difference of 0.7 tonnes per hectare.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Congo's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was China ahead.
China ranks 15th and Congo ranks 18th of 44 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.12 tonnes per hectare | 12.43 tonnes per hectare | 0.6904 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 1990s | 14.21 tonnes per hectare | 12.21 tonnes per hectare | 2 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2000s | 14.07 tonnes per hectare | 12.5 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2010s | 13.48 tonnes per hectare | 12.49 tonnes per hectare | 0.9953 tonnes per hectare | China |
| 2020s | 13.21 tonnes per hectare | 12.48 tonnes per hectare | 0.7298 tonnes per hectare | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit yields, China or Congo?
- China, at 13.17 tonnes per hectare against 12.47 tonnes per hectare in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit yields between China and Congo?
- 0.7 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Congo?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do China and Congo rank globally for oil palm fruit yields?
- China ranks 15th and Congo ranks 18th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.