China vs Gabon: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- China
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 68,166 ha against 50,672 ha in China, a difference of 17,494 ha.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.3 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was China ahead.
China ranks 20th and Gabon ranks 18th of 41 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Gabon in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 51,200 ha | 2,460 ha | 48,740 ha | China |
| 1990s | 41,800 ha | 4,052 ha | 37,748 ha | China |
| 2000s | 47,100 ha | 9,710 ha | 37,390 ha | China |
| 2010s | 49,322 ha | 19,376 ha | 29,946 ha | China |
| 2020s | 50,523 ha | 58,047 ha | 7,524 ha | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, China or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 68,166 ha against 50,672 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between China and Gabon?
- 17,494 ha, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Gabon?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do China and Gabon rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- China ranks 20th and Gabon ranks 18th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.