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 103rd of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 480 ha | +37.1% |
| 1963 | 240 ha | -50.0% |
| 1964 | 394 ha | +64.2% |
| 1965 | 376 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 350 ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 130 ha | -62.9% |
| 1970 | 365 ha | +180.8% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 380 ha | +26.7% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 239 ha | -40.2% |
| 1985 | 290 ha | +21.3% |
| 1986 | 290 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | -65.5% |
| 1988 | 240 ha | +140.0% |
| 1989 | 380 ha | +58.3% |
| 1990 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 503 ha | +25.8% |
| 1992 | 368 ha | -26.8% |
| 1993 | 199 ha | -45.9% |
| 1994 | 395 ha | +98.5% |
| 1995 | 407 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 423 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 435 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 448 ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 460 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 476 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 480 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 485 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 489 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 492 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 494 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 454 ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 519 ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 535 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 552 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 568 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 620 ha | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 599 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 594 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 600 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 609 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 626 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 638 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 624 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 629 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 630 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 628 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 629 ha | +0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 629 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 2% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 629 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 1% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +180.8% | 130 ha | 365 ha |
| 1988 | +140.0% | 100 ha | 240 ha |
| 1994 | +98.5% | 199 ha | 395 ha |
| 1987 | -65.5% | 290 ha | 100 ha |
| 1964 | +64.2% | 240 ha | 394 ha |
| 1969 | -62.9% | 350 ha | 130 ha |
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
- 100 Puerto Rico 929 ha compare
- 101 Morocco 924 ha compare
- 102 Trinidad and Tobago 804 ha compare
- 104 Saudi Arabia 419 ha compare
- 105 Papua New Guinea 409 ha compare
- 106 Eswatini 368 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 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 103rd out of 133 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.