Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 30,075 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 30,075 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 30,261 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 1972.
Gabon ranks 141st of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,980 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 5,740 ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 5,894 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 5,876 ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 5,850 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 5,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,630 ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 5,865 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 5,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | -23.7% |
| 1973 | 5,150 ha | +14.4% |
| 1974 | 5,600 ha | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 5,550 ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 5,650 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 6,580 ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 6,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 7,100 ha | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 7,200 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 7,600 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 8,400 ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 8,839 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 9,290 ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 14,290 ha | +53.8% |
| 1987 | 15,100 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 15,740 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 14,180 ha | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 14,900 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 14,503 ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 16,368 ha | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 17,199 ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 18,395 ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 18,907 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 18,423 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 15,935 ha | -13.5% |
| 1998 | 17,130 ha | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 17,360 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 16,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 16,976 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 17,280 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 20,853 ha | +20.7% |
| 2004 | 20,089 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 22,492 ha | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 20,994 ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 20,454 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 22,519 ha | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 25,035 ha | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 25,552 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 26,568 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 27,120 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 27,620 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 28,120 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 28,532 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 28,928 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 29,243 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 29,731 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 30,025 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 30,261 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 30,006 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 30,097 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 30,121 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 30,075 ha | -0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 30,075 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 8% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 30,075 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 2% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Gabon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +53.8% | 9,290 ha | 14,290 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,836 ha | 5,630 ha | 5,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,760 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,774 ha | 7,100 ha | 15,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,912 ha | 14,503 ha | 18,907 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,319 ha | 16,500 ha | 25,035 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,144 ha | 25,552 ha | 30,025 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,112 ha | 30,006 ha | 30,261 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Gabon?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Gabon was 30,075 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 30,261 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1972.
- How does Gabon rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 141st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.