Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 31,423 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Gabon stood at 31,423 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 33,867 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1972.
Gabon ranks 43rd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +75.0% |
| 1975 | 4,700 ha | +34.3% |
| 1976 | 5,300 ha | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 6,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,500 ha | +22.7% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16,261 ha | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 16,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 16,043 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 16,313 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 16,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 16,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 17,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 16,486 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 16,457 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 16,709 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 17,644 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 19,537 ha | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 17,533 ha | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 19,522 ha | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 21,512 ha | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 22,920 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 24,506 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 26,063 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 28,903 ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 28,039 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 33,867 ha | +20.8% |
| 2018 | 30,994 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 30,967 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 31,954 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 31,305 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 31,409 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 31,556 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 31,423 ha | -0.4% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 31,423 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 12.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 31,423 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 29% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +75.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,280 ha | 2,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,850 ha | 7,500 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,132 ha | 15,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,437 ha | 16,457 ha | 19,537 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,729 ha | 19,522 ha | 33,867 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,529 ha | 31,305 ha | 31,954 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 40 South Africa 41,200 ha compare
- 41 Mexico 40,071 ha compare
- 42 Bangladesh 39,081 ha compare
- 44 Rwanda 30,663 ha compare
- 45 Philippines 27,530 ha compare
- 46 China, Taiwan Province of 19,000 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Gabon?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Gabon was 31,423 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 33,867 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1972.
- How does Gabon rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 43rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.