Soya beans — Yield in Gabon
Gabon: Soya beans — Yield was 860.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Soya beans — Yield in Gabon, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Gabon stood at 860.6 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Gabon peaked at 1,089 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 524.2 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Gabon 85th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Gabon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,048 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,069 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,067 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 1,073 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 1,049 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 1,053 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 1,089 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 1,084 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 1,063 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 1,054 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,002 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,089 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 524.2 kg/ha | -51.9% |
| 1998 | 750 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1999 | 952.4 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2000 | 927.5 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 942.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 955.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 966.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 974.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 898.1 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 895.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 882.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 875.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 868.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 862.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 875 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 857.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 888.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 880.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 874.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 867 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 863.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 861.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 859.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 861.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 860.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 860.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 860.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 860.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 860.6 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 860.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -51.9% | 1,089 kg/ha | 524.2 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +43.1% | 524.2 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +27.0% | 750 kg/ha | 952.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,061 kg/ha | 1,048 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 965.95 kg/ha | 524.2 kg/ha | 1,089 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 918.63 kg/ha | 868.6 kg/ha | 974.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 868.86 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 888.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 860.72 kg/ha | 860.4 kg/ha | 861.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
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 — yield in Gabon?
- Soya beans — yield in Gabon was 860.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 1,089 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 524.2 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Gabon rank for soya beans — yield?
- Gabon ranks 85th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.