Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 3,945 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea stood at 3,945 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 4,148 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Equatorial Guinea 36th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 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 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,500 ha | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,600 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,533 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 3,512 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,490 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 3,726 ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 3,943 ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 4,148 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 4,125 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 4,104 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 3,982 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 3,964 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,945 ha | -0.5% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 3,945 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 4% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 3,945 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 16,800 ha, 23% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,800 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,240 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,700 ha | 3,700 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,600 ha | 3,400 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,635 ha | 3,490 ha | 4,148 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,024 ha | 3,945 ha | 4,125 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 33 Senegal 11,822 ha compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 9,570 ha compare
- 35 Burundi 8,843 ha compare
- 37 Gambia 3,513 ha compare
- 38 Sao Tome and Principe 2,130 ha compare
- 39 Madagascar 1,812 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea was 3,945 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,148 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 36th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.