Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 5,312 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea stood at 5,312 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 7,637 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 145th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil 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% |
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
- 142 Eswatini 7,907 ha compare
- 143 Slovenia 7,885 ha compare
- 144 Marshall Islands 6,765 ha compare
- 146 Mauritania 5,304 ha compare
- 147 Niue 5,285 ha compare
- 148 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,883 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units 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, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.21 (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 550,978 (2025)
- Rural population 28.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea?
- Oilcrops, oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 7,637 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 145th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil 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, Oil 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.