Cereals, primary — Yield in Gabon
Gabon: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,587 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Gabon stood at 1,587 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Gabon peaked at 1,702 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,396 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Gabon 136th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Gabon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,587 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,514 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 1,598 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,594 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 1,603 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,513 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 1,515 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,504 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 1,502 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 1,466 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 1,464 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 1,511 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 1,534 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 1,494 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 1,396 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 1,487 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 1,512 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 1,503 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 1,554 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 1,525 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 1,456 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 1,500 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 1,524 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 1,546 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 1,453 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 1,474 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 1,580 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 1,615 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 1,459 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 1,588 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 1,702 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 1,550 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 1,588 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1,658 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 1,558 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 1,591 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 1,562 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 1,584 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,599 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,630 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 1,542 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 1,449 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 1,538 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 1,560 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 1,570 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,580 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,667 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 1,611 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 1,589 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1,595 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,596 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,601 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,592 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,592 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,590 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,588 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,587 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,586 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,588 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,587 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,587 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,588 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,587 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 1,587 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 1,587 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,548 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha | 1,603 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,492 kg/ha | 1,396 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,513 kg/ha | 1,453 kg/ha | 1,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,598 kg/ha | 1,550 kg/ha | 1,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,574 kg/ha | 1,449 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,593 kg/ha | 1,586 kg/ha | 1,601 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,587 kg/ha | 1,587 kg/ha | 1,588 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 — yield in Gabon?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Gabon was 1,587 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,702 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,396 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Gabon rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Gabon ranks 136th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.