Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 17,616 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Gabon, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 17,616 ha for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 17,616 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,650 ha, in 1988.
That places Gabon 20th out of 28 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5,650 ha | — |
| 1989 | 7,038 ha | +24.6% |
| 1990 | 7,079 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 7,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 9,623 ha | +35.9% |
| 1993 | 9,702 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 9,700 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,132 ha | -16.2% |
| 1996 | 8,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 11,000 ha | +29.4% |
| 1998 | 11,876 ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 10,449 ha | -12.0% |
| 2000 | 10,736 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 10,443 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 10,297 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 10,022 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 8,836 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 10,178 ha | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 11,813 ha | +16.1% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 14,500 ha | +20.8% |
| 2009 | 14,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15,268 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 15,553 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 15,925 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 16,174 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 16,351 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 16,282 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 15,763 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 16,413 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 15,511 ha | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 16,165 ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 16,577 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 17,069 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 17,616 ha | +3.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 17,616 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,783 ha, 18% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 17,616 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20,842 ha, 85% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +35.9% | 7,080 ha | 9,623 ha |
| 1997 | +29.4% | 8,500 ha | 11,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,344 ha | 5,650 ha | 7,038 ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 9,314 ha | 7,079 ha | 11,876 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,282 ha | 8,836 ha | 14,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,773 ha | 15,000 ha | 16,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,588 ha | 15,511 ha | 17,616 ha | 5 |
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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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Gabon?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Gabon was 17,616 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 17,616 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,650 ha in 1988.
- How does Gabon rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 20th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.