Yams — Production in Gabon
Gabon: Yams — Production was 229,932 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Gabon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Gabon stood at 229,932 t.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Gabon peaked at 232,917 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 35,000 t, in 1966.
That places Gabon 13th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Production in Gabon, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 48,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 43,000 t | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 38,000 t | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 40,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 35,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1967 | 38,000 t | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 40,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 45,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 47,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 49,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 52,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 56,120 t | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 61,550 t | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 67,100 t | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 73,140 t | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 75,670 t | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 78,940 t | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 85,100 t | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 87,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 88,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 90,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 80,000 t | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 90,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 95,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 100,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 100,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 110,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 112,478 t | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 120,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 110,000 t | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 125,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1995 | 130,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 135,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 140,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 143,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 145,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 158,000 t | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 165,000 t | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 170,000 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 172,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 170,000 t | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 169,000 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 170,000 t | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 180,000 t | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 185,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 188,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 190,000 t | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 195,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 200,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 214,122 t | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 216,212 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 220,043 t | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 223,874 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 228,319 t | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 232,917 t | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 228,370 t | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 229,869 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 230,385 t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 229,541 t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 229,932 t | +0.2% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 229,932 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,602 t, 23.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 229,932 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 116,158 t, 2.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,333 t | 35,000 t | 50,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,158 t | 45,000 t | 75,670 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 89,404 t | 78,940 t | 100,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 127,048 t | 110,000 t | 145,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 172,700 t | 158,000 t | 188,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 213,049 t | 190,000 t | 232,917 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 229,619 t | 228,370 t | 230,385 t | 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 yams — production in Gabon?
- Yams — production in Gabon was 229,932 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 232,917 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,000 t in 1966.
- How does Gabon rank for yams — production?
- Gabon ranks 13th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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 Yams — Production. 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.