Sugar cane — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 4,268 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Gabon is 4,268 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 4,800 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 370 ha, in 1961.
That places Gabon 72nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 750 ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,094 ha | +109.4% |
| 1978 | 2,421 ha | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 1,745 ha | -27.9% |
| 1980 | 2,613 ha | +49.7% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,300 ha | -17.5% |
| 2004 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 4,500 ha | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 4,593 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 4,506 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 4,513 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4,595 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 4,639 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 4,488 ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 4,312 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 4,154 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 3,519 ha | -15.3% |
| 2023 | 3,951 ha | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 4,268 ha | +8.0% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 4,268 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 6% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 4,268 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 23% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +109.4% | 1,000 ha | 2,094 ha |
| 1980 | +49.7% | 1,745 ha | 2,613 ha |
| 1974 | +33.3% | 750 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2000 | +33.3% | 3,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 1979 | -27.9% | 2,421 ha | 1,745 ha |
| 1968 | +25.0% | 400 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 408.89 ha | 370 ha | 500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,181 ha | 600 ha | 2,421 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,361 ha | 2,613 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,520 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,720 ha | 3,300 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,523 ha | 4,100 ha | 4,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,041 ha | 3,519 ha | 4,312 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Gabon?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Gabon was 4,268 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,800 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 370 ha in 1961.
- How does Gabon rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 72nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.