Bananas — Yield in Gabon
Gabon: Bananas — Yield was 7,730 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Gabon stood at 7,730 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Gabon peaked at 8,008 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4,167 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Gabon 89th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Gabon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,882 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,333 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1963 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,615 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1965 | 4,167 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,615 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,667 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,133 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 5,333 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,667 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,813 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1991 | 5,964 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 5,999 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,193 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 6,250 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 6,193 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 6,176 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 6,111 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 6,214 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 6,316 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 6,362 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 6,422 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 6,432 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 6,468 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 6,442 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 6,507 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 6,500 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 6,785 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 6,977 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 7,500 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 7,636 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 7,727 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 7,768 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 7,833 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 8,008 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 7,636 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 7,624 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 7,586 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 7,586 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7,610 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 7,730 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 7,707 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 7,718 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 7,730 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 7,730 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 7,730 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,766 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,042 kg/ha | 4,615 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,467 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 5,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,191 kg/ha | 5,964 kg/ha | 6,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,521 kg/ha | 6,316 kg/ha | 6,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,690 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 8,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,699 kg/ha | 7,610 kg/ha | 7,730 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Gabon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0675 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 557.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6835 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0791 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Gabon?
- Bananas — yield in Gabon was 7,730 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 8,008 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,167 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Gabon rank for bananas — yield?
- Gabon ranks 89th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.