Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Gabon
Gabon: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,578 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Gabon, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Gabon stood at 1,578 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Gabon peaked at 1,578 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 217 kg/ha, in 1992.
Gabon ranks 5th of 28 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Gabon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 265.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1989 | 270 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 282.5 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 266.4 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 217 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1993 | 300.2 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1994 | 416.9 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1995 | 600 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1996 | 847.3 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1997 | 918 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 909.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 968 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 1,025 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 1,038 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,086 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 1,099 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1,188 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 1,228 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,270 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1,333 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 1,448 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 1,214 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2010 | 1,333 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 1,400 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 1,437 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1,461 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,482 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,518 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,445 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 1,452 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,478 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,505 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,528 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,546 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,550 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,564 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,578 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 1,578 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,317 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 1,578 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 902.9 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +43.9% | 416.9 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +41.2% | 600 kg/ha | 847.3 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +38.9% | 300.2 kg/ha | 416.9 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +38.3% | 217 kg/ha | 300.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 267.75 kg/ha | 265.5 kg/ha | 270 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 572.57 kg/ha | 217 kg/ha | 968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 1,448 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,451 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,553 kg/ha | 1,528 kg/ha | 1,578 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 2 India 2,281 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 1,806 kg/ha compare
- 3 Cambodia 1,649 kg/ha compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,642 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,782 kg/ha compare
- 4 Philippines 1,644 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 1,525 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/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 natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Gabon?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Gabon was 1,578 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,578 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 217 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Gabon rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Gabon ranks 5th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.