Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 104,254 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 104,254 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 111.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 105,547 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,100 ha, in 1972.
That places Gabon 91st out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,100 ha | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 5,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,100 ha | -19.6% |
| 1973 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,600 ha | +36.6% |
| 1975 | 6,700 ha | +19.6% |
| 1976 | 7,300 ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 7,600 ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 7,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 8,600 ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 9,500 ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 11,400 ha | +8.6% |
| 1984 | 12,500 ha | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 15,100 ha | +20.8% |
| 1986 | 16,500 ha | +9.3% |
| 1987 | 18,200 ha | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 20,300 ha | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 19,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 21,761 ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 21,600 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 20,800 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 21,700 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 21,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 22,040 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 22,113 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 22,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 23,993 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 24,926 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 26,773 ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 26,436 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 28,188 ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 27,976 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 28,286 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 29,232 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 30,366 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 32,217 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 36,068 ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 35,131 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 38,209 ha | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 41,285 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 43,805 ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 46,612 ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 49,414 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 52,817 ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 52,907 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 59,772 ha | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 57,952 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 62,390 ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 69,397 ha | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 86,483 ha | +24.6% |
| 2022 | 105,547 ha | +22.0% |
| 2023 | 105,489 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 104,254 ha | -1.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 104,254 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 4.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 104,254 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 30% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,944 ha | 4,600 ha | 5,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,210 ha | 4,100 ha | 8,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,360 ha | 9,500 ha | 20,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,303 ha | 20,800 ha | 24,926 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,067 ha | 26,436 ha | 36,068 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,516 ha | 38,209 ha | 62,390 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,234 ha | 69,397 ha | 105,547 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More agriculture & rural data for Gabon
- 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 0.1909 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8304 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Gabon?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Gabon was 104,254 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 105,547 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,100 ha in 1972.
- How does Gabon rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 91st out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon 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.