Rice — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Rice — Area harvested was 629 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Gabon is 629 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 638 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1987.
Gabon ranks 114th of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 335.56 ha | 130 ha | 480 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 349.5 ha | 250 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 313.9 ha | 100 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 403.8 ha | 199 ha | 503 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 492.4 ha | 454 ha | 535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 602.6 ha | 552 ha | 638 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 628 ha | 624 ha | 630 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 111 Puerto Rico 929 ha compare
- 112 Morocco 924 ha compare
- 113 Trinidad and Tobago 804 ha compare
- 115 Saudi Arabia 419 ha compare
- 116 Papua New Guinea 409 ha compare
- 117 Eswatini 368 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Gabon
- Agriculture share gdp 6.75 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.75 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2023)
- Rural population 7.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 205,177 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 17,629 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Gabon?
- Rice — area harvested in Gabon was 629 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 638 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1987.
- How does Gabon rank for rice — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 114th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 Rice — 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.