Taro — Area harvested in Gabon
Gabon: Taro — Area harvested was 14,932 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 14,932 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Gabon peaked at 15,140 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Gabon 16th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,789 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,023 ha | 4,000 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,800 ha | 8,500 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,323 ha | 8,500 ha | 10,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,488 ha | 7,772 ha | 11,194 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,933 ha | 12,011 ha | 14,616 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,872 ha | 14,635 ha | 15,140 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More agriculture & rural data for Gabon
- Agriculture share gdp 6.75 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.75 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2023)
- Rural population 7.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 205,177 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 17,629 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Gabon?
- Taro — area harvested in Gabon was 14,932 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 15,140 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Gabon rank for taro — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 16th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 Taro — 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.