Soya beans — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Soya beans — Area harvested was 4,665 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Gabon is 4,665 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 4,816 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Gabon ranks 64th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,900 ha | +81.2% |
| 1987 | 2,100 ha | -27.6% |
| 1988 | 2,700 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 2,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 3,100 ha | +19.2% |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | -32.3% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 2,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 1,700 ha | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 1,996 ha | +17.4% |
| 1996 | 1,800 ha | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 2,372 ha | +13.0% |
| 2001 | 2,422 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 2,528 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 2,638 ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 2,757 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 3,005 ha | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 3,146 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 3,284 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 3,432 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 3,618 ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 3,816 ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 4,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 4,816 ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 4,440 ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 4,448 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4,531 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 4,623 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,735 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 4,630 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 4,663 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,676 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,656 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 4,665 ha | +0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 4,665 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 31% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 4,665 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 7% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +81.2% | 1,600 ha | 2,900 ha |
| 1991 | -32.3% | 3,100 ha | 2,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,190 ha | 0 ha | 2,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,120 ha | 1,700 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,920 ha | 2,372 ha | 3,618 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,411 ha | 3,816 ha | 4,816 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,658 ha | 4,630 ha | 4,676 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 soya beans — area harvested in Gabon?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Gabon was 4,665 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,816 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Gabon rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 64th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soya beans — 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.