Sweet potatoes — Yield in Gabon
Gabon: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 2,027 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Gabon stood at 2,027 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Gabon peaked at 2,027 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1974.
Gabon ranks 104th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Gabon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 1,040 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 1,200 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 1,300 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,200 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 1,300 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,636 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 1,636 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,707 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 1,741 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 1,750 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1,768 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,782 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,846 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 1,786 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 1,733 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 1,780 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 1,750 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 1,792 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 1,798 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,806 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,812 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,819 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,827 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,834 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,818 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1,861 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 1,876 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 1,891 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,904 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,977 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 1,947 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,936 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,953 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,959 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,966 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,973 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,982 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,991 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,002 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,011 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,019 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,027 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 2,027 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,330 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 2,027 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 27% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | -33.3% | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -25.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,944 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,234 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,397 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,764 kg/ha | 1,707 kg/ha | 1,846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,824 kg/ha | 1,792 kg/ha | 1,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,949 kg/ha | 1,891 kg/ha | 1,982 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,010 kg/ha | 1,991 kg/ha | 2,027 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 101 South Africa 2,586 kg/ha compare
- 102 New Caledonia 2,444 kg/ha compare
- 103 Haiti 2,181 kg/ha compare
- 105 Ecuador 2,007 kg/ha compare
- 106 Bhutan 1,959 kg/ha compare
- 107 Trinidad and Tobago 1,928 kg/ha 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 — yield in Gabon?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Gabon was 2,027 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 2,027 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Gabon rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Gabon ranks 104th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.