Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 58,031 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Gabon stood at 58,031 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 61,070 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 22,000 ha, in 1969.
That places Gabon 35th 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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 26,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 22,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 1970 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 26,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 32,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 34,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 36,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 43,000 ha | +19.4% |
| 1978 | 46,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 48,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 50,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 47,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | -14.9% |
| 1983 | 38,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 34,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 34,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 34,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 36,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 40,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 44,142 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 43,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 45,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 42,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 42,123 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 44,293 ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 45,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 46,422 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 45,607 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 46,245 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 45,482 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 45,545 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 47,024 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 45,644 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 45,620 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 46,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 48,618 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 48,122 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 50,825 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 52,968 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 58,500 ha | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 60,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 61,070 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 58,710 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 57,893 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 57,132 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 57,094 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 57,403 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 57,776 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 58,004 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 57,849 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 57,940 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 58,031 ha | +0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 58,031 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,817 ha, 8.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 58,031 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 61% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,444 ha | 22,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,700 ha | 22,000 ha | 48,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,500 ha | 34,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,059 ha | 42,000 ha | 46,422 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,530 ha | 45,482 ha | 48,618 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,160 ha | 50,825 ha | 61,070 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,920 ha | 57,776 ha | 58,031 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Gabon?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Gabon was 58,031 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 61,070 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,000 ha in 1969.
- How does Gabon rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 35th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. 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 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.