Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Gabon
Gabon: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 5,618 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Gabon is 5,618 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Gabon peaked at 5,947 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 4,806 kg/ha, in 1969.
Gabon ranks 171st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Gabon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,117 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,065 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 5,068 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 4,877 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 4,973 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 4,917 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 4,931 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 4,923 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 4,806 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 4,932 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 4,951 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 4,954 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 5,021 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 5,126 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 5,057 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 5,124 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 5,124 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,158 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 5,173 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 5,296 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 5,240 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 5,265 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 5,355 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 5,255 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 5,320 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 5,427 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 5,332 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 5,366 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 5,239 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 5,538 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 5,517 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 5,395 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 5,295 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 5,436 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 5,420 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 5,451 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 5,484 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 5,572 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 5,684 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 5,709 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 5,706 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 5,722 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 5,750 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 5,768 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 5,824 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 5,947 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 5,780 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 5,754 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 5,709 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 5,671 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 5,513 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 5,562 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 5,553 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 5,498 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 5,604 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 5,595 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 5,655 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 5,654 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 5,573 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 5,608 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 5,619 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 5,606 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,618 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 5,618 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 5,618 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,964 kg/ha | 4,806 kg/ha | 5,117 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,045 kg/ha | 4,932 kg/ha | 5,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,303 kg/ha | 5,173 kg/ha | 5,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,435 kg/ha | 5,239 kg/ha | 5,572 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,764 kg/ha | 5,684 kg/ha | 5,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,602 kg/ha | 5,498 kg/ha | 5,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,605 kg/ha | 5,573 kg/ha | 5,619 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Gabon?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Gabon was 5,618 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 5,947 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,806 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Gabon rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Gabon ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.