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 101st of 167 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,100 ha | -25.5% |
| 1973 | 4,700 ha | +14.6% |
| 1974 | 5,300 ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 5,700 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 6,200 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 6,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 6,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 6,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 7,200 ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 8,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 8,600 ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 9,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 14,000 ha | +55.6% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 13,800 ha | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 14,500 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 14,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 18,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 15,500 ha | -13.9% |
| 1998 | 16,682 ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 16,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 16,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 16,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 20,369 ha | +21.2% |
| 2004 | 19,600 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 22,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 20,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 20,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 24,500 ha | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 25,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 26,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 27,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 27,521 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 27,937 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 28,327 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 28,634 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 29,105 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 29,387 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 29,637 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 29,376 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 29,467 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 29,493 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 29,446 ha | -0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 29,446 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 47% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 29,446 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 11% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +55.6% | 9,000 ha | 14,000 ha |
| 1972 | -25.5% | 5,500 ha | 4,100 ha |
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
- 98 Namibia 32,215 ha compare
- 99 Sudan (former) 31,080 ha compare
- 100 Botswana 30,000 ha compare
- 102 North Macedonia 28,334 ha compare
- 103 Mauritania 28,000 ha compare
- 104 Azerbaijan 27,991 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 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 101st out of 167 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.