Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 29,446 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 29,446 ha for maize (corn) — 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, maize (corn) — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 29,637 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,100 ha, in 1972.
Gabon ranks 113th of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,500 ha | 5,500 ha | 5,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,410 ha | 4,100 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,460 ha | 6,700 ha | 15,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,508 ha | 14,000 ha | 18,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,827 ha | 16,000 ha | 24,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,541 ha | 25,000 ha | 29,387 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,484 ha | 29,376 ha | 29,637 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 110 Namibia 32,215 ha compare
- 111 Sudan (former) 31,080 ha compare
- 112 Botswana 30,000 ha compare
- 114 North Macedonia 28,334 ha compare
- 115 Mauritania 28,000 ha compare
- 116 Azerbaijan 27,991 ha compare
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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Gabon?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Gabon was 29,446 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 29,637 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,100 ha in 1972.
- How does Gabon rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 113th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — 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 Maize (corn) — 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.