Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon
Gabon: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0075 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon stood at 0.0075 ha per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon peaked at 0.0078 ha per square kilometre in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0039 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Gabon 69th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0065 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0068 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0069 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0073 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +100.0% | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre |
| 1975 | -50.0% | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 0.0065 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | 0.0078 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0074 ha per square kilometre | 0.0072 ha per square kilometre | 0.0075 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 66 Egypt 0.0103 ha per square kilometre compare
- 67 Ecuador 0.0084 ha per square kilometre compare
- 68 Niger 0.0076 ha per square kilometre compare
- 70 Brazil 0.0073 ha per square kilometre compare
- 71 French Polynesia 0.0069 ha per square kilometre compare
- 72 Maldives 0.0067 ha per square kilometre compare
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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon was 0.0075 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0078 ha per square kilometre in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0039 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Gabon rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Gabon ranks 69th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.