Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 1,815 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 1,815 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 25,000 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 2007.
That places Gabon 46th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,067 ha | 10,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,950 ha | 20,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,400 ha | 20,000 ha | 21,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,116 ha | 6,500 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,260 ha | 1,300 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,620 ha | 1,311 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,787 ha | 1,765 ha | 1,815 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Gabon
- Agriculture share gdp 6.75 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.75 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2023)
- Rural population 7.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 205,177 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 17,629 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cocoa beans — area harvested in Gabon?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Gabon was 1,815 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 2007.
- How does Gabon rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 46th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.0%. 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 Cocoa beans — 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.