Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 5,312 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea stood at 5,312 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 7,637 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Equatorial Guinea 137th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 | 6,200 ha | +67.6% |
| 1986 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,391 ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 7,411 ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 7,446 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 7,480 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 7,414 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 7,425 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 7,450 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 7,637 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 6,819 ha | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 7,569 ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 7,220 ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 7,074 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 7,102 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 7,005 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 6,991 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 6,915 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 6,879 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 6,812 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 6,281 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 6,178 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 5,958 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 5,846 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 5,751 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 5,651 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 5,591 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 5,472 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 5,363 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 5,502 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 5,467 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 5,668 ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 5,640 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 5,608 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 5,487 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 5,465 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 5,312 ha | -2.8% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 5,312 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 24% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 5,312 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 2% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +67.6% | 3,700 ha | 6,200 ha |
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 | 4,950 ha | 3,700 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,304 ha | 6,391 ha | 7,637 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,846 ha | 6,178 ha | 7,220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,627 ha | 5,363 ha | 5,958 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,502 ha | 5,312 ha | 5,640 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 134 Marshall Islands 6,765 ha compare
- 135 El Salvador 6,678 ha compare
- 136 Slovenia 6,642 ha compare
- 138 Mauritania 5,304 ha compare
- 139 Niue 5,285 ha compare
- 140 North Macedonia 5,173 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0516 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.059 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0542 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea was 5,312 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 7,637 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 137th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.