Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 111,943 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gabon stood at 111,943 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 112,021 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 36,000 ha, in 1966.
That places Gabon 58th 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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 36,500 ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 36,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 37,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 36,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 36,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 39,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 36,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 36,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 41,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1972 | 44,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 48,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 49,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 51,320 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 55,740 ha | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 63,120 ha | +13.2% |
| 1978 | 67,550 ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 70,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 73,500 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 70,500 ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 65,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 63,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 60,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 61,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 62,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 67,100 ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 69,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 71,755 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 70,141 ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 72,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 69,245 ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 71,721 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 71,923 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 74,996 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 75,882 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 78,724 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 76,957 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 78,976 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 76,878 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 79,641 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 81,088 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 79,120 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 79,014 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 79,497 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 80,539 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 85,602 ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 87,456 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 92,138 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 96,778 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 107,270 ha | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 109,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 112,015 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 111,258 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 109,373 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 109,671 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 109,371 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 110,695 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 112,021 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 111,879 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 111,688 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 111,949 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 111,943 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,122 ha | 36,000 ha | 39,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,673 ha | 36,500 ha | 70,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,220 ha | 60,000 ha | 73,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,404 ha | 69,245 ha | 78,724 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 80,781 ha | 76,878 ha | 87,456 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 106,847 ha | 92,138 ha | 112,015 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 111,896 ha | 111,688 ha | 112,021 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gabon?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gabon was 111,943 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 112,021 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Gabon rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 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.