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 38th out of 53 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.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 22,600 ha | +126.0% |
| 1967 | 22,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 20,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 10,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1995 | 8,916 ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 11,746 ha | +31.7% |
| 1997 | 8,000 ha | -31.9% |
| 1998 | 6,500 ha | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 8,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2000 | 6,500 ha | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 5,473 ha | -15.8% |
| 2002 | 7,000 ha | +27.9% |
| 2003 | 8,500 ha | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 2,900 ha | -65.9% |
| 2005 | 2,730 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 2,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1,300 ha | -53.6% |
| 2008 | 2,700 ha | +107.7% |
| 2009 | 2,699 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,311 ha | -51.4% |
| 2011 | 6,200 ha | +372.9% |
| 2012 | 3,500 ha | -43.5% |
| 2013 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 1,668 ha | -49.5% |
| 2016 | 1,641 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,661 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,675 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,743 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,783 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,781 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,765 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,790 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 1,815 ha | +1.4% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 1,815 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 55% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 1,815 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 47,388 ha, 4% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +372.9% | 1,311 ha | 6,200 ha |
| 1966 | +126.0% | 10,000 ha | 22,600 ha |
| 2008 | +107.7% | 1,300 ha | 2,700 ha |
| 2004 | -65.9% | 8,500 ha | 2,900 ha |
| 2007 | -53.6% | 2,800 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 2010 | -51.4% | 2,699 ha | 1,311 ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 35 Central African Republic 2,634 ha compare
- 36 Samoa 2,632 ha compare
- 37 Trinidad and Tobago 1,930 ha compare
- 39 Sri Lanka 1,689 ha compare
- 40 Guyana 1,175 ha compare
- 41 El Salvador 875 ha compare
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 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 38th out of 53 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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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.