Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 24,356 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea stood at 24,356 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 24,356 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Equatorial Guinea 40th out of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 12,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 18,618 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 18,929 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 19,078 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 19,138 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 19,279 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 19,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 18,574 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 19,224 ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 19,790 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 20,287 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 20,926 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 20,605 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 20,194 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 20,879 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 21,239 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 21,567 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 21,917 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 22,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 23,457 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 23,517 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 23,600 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 23,711 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 23,802 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 23,880 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 23,958 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 24,141 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 24,213 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 24,285 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 24,356 ha | +0.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 24,356 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,817 ha, 3.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 24,356 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 25% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,556 ha | 12,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,700 ha | 13,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,300 ha | 13,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,504 ha | 17,000 ha | 19,279 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,328 ha | 18,574 ha | 21,567 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,188 ha | 21,917 ha | 23,880 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,191 ha | 23,958 ha | 24,356 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea was 24,356 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 24,356 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 40th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. 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.