China vs Gabon: Palm oil — Production
Palm oil — Production over time
- China
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 146,800 t against 112,877 t in China, a difference of 33,923 t.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.3 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 19th and Gabon ranks 17th of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 6 and Gabon in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,778 t | 2,144 t | 55,633 t | China |
| 1970s | 151,600 t | 2,050 t | 149,550 t | China |
| 1980s | 199,500 t | 3,125 t | 196,375 t | China |
| 1990s | 201,340 t | 6,750 t | 194,590 t | China |
| 2000s | 223,902 t | 6,558 t | 217,344 t | China |
| 2010s | 121,926 t | 41,060 t | 80,866 t | China |
| 2020s | 112,813 t | 118,079 t | 5,266 t | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher palm oil — production, China or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 146,800 t against 112,877 t in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in palm oil — production between China and Gabon?
- 33,923 t, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Gabon?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and Gabon rank globally for palm oil — production?
- China ranks 19th and Gabon ranks 17th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Palm oil — Production. 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.