Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Congo
Congo: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 33 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Congo, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Congo is 33, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 106.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Congo peaked at 33 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8, in 2012.
That places Congo 144th out of 266 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | — |
| 2013 | 14 | +75.0% |
| 2014 | 16 | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 20 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21 | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 23 | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 24 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 30 | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 32 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 2025 | 33 | +0.0% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 33 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94, 35% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Congo's 33 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 33, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +75.0% | 8 | 14 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17.25 | 8 | 23 | 8 |
| 2020s | 29.33 | 24 | 33 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More infrastructure data for Congo
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.05 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 95.53 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 17,604 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.2917 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0029 units per person (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2020)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 17,604 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9553 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Congo?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Congo was 33 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 33 in 2024.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2012.
- How does Congo rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Congo ranks 144th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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