Oil palm fruit — Yield in Gabon
Gabon: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 8,918 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — yield in Gabon stood at 8,918 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Gabon peaked at 10,175 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 4,952 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Gabon 32nd 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 — Yield in Gabon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,625 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 4,952 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1965 | 7,091 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1966 | 6,857 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 7,143 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 8,286 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1969 | 6,857 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1970 | 6,286 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 6,857 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 6,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,143 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 6,000 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,250 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 6,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 7,200 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 6,800 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 9,615 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 1987 | 10,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 8,846 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1989 | 6,250 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1990 | 9,583 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 1991 | 9,714 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 9,371 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 10,175 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 9,425 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 9,250 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 8,375 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1997 | 8,750 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 8,900 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 8,901 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,903 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,908 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8,910 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8,913 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,916 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,926 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 9,012 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 8,920 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 8,926 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 8,933 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 8,939 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 8,946 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 8,952 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 8,959 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 8,965 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 8,972 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 8,978 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 8,985 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,925 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 8,891 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 8,903 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 8,920 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,920 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,918 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 8,918 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 8,918 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,984 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +53.3% | 6,250 kg/ha | 9,583 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +43.2% | 4,952 kg/ha | 7,091 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +41.4% | 6,800 kg/ha | 9,615 kg/ha |
| 1989 | -29.3% | 8,846 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,493 kg/ha | 4,952 kg/ha | 8,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,325 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha | 7,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,338 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,244 kg/ha | 8,375 kg/ha | 10,175 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,924 kg/ha | 8,903 kg/ha | 9,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,955 kg/ha | 8,925 kg/ha | 8,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,910 kg/ha | 8,891 kg/ha | 8,920 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 29 Liberia 9,791 kg/ha compare
- 30 Central African Republic 9,482 kg/ha compare
- 31 Paraguay 9,435 kg/ha compare
- 33 Togo 8,520 kg/ha compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 8,439 kg/ha compare
- 35 Sierra Leone 7,790 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Gabon?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Gabon was 8,918 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 10,175 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,952 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Gabon rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Gabon ranks 32nd out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.