Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 49,925 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea is 49,925 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 49,925 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Equatorial Guinea 82nd out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 21,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 22,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1974 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 18,500 ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 18,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 18,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 30,093 ha | +30.8% |
| 1991 | 35,664 ha | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 36,470 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 36,661 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 36,705 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 36,921 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 37,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 34,745 ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 33,032 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 34,335 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 35,394 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 36,863 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 38,144 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 39,334 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 40,725 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 41,471 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 41,871 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 43,509 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 44,346 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 44,997 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 45,612 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 46,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 47,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 46,960 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 48,851 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 48,745 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 48,951 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 48,779 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 48,735 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 48,749 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 49,314 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 49,558 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 49,743 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 49,925 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,667 ha | 18,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,850 ha | 18,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,100 ha | 18,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,198 ha | 30,093 ha | 37,350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,665 ha | 35,394 ha | 44,997 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,663 ha | 45,612 ha | 48,951 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,458 ha | 48,749 ha | 49,925 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 79 Myanmar 54,230 ha compare
- 80 Turkmenistan 53,855 ha compare
- 81 Australia and New Zealand 51,223 ha compare
- 83 Italy 49,090 ha compare
- 84 Azerbaijan 45,450 ha compare
- 85 Namibia 45,153 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea was 49,925 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 49,925 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.