Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 in Gabon

Gabon: Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 was 12,202 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
12,202 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
71st
of 238 countries
All-time high
12,202 ha
in 2022
All-time low
9,850 ha
in 1997
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 in Gabon, 1990–2024

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k1990200720241990: 9.9k ha1991: 9.9k ha1992: 9.9k ha1993: 9.9k ha1994: 9.9k ha1995: 9.9k ha1996: 9.9k ha1997: 9.9k ha1998: 9.9k ha1999: 10.6k ha2000: 10.7k ha2001: 11.1k ha2002: 11.2k ha2003: 11.4k ha2004: 11.7k ha2005: 11.7k ha2006: 11.7k ha2007: 11.7k ha2008: 11.7k ha2009: 11.7k ha2010: 11.6k ha2011: 11.6k ha2012: 11.6k ha2013: 11.7k ha2014: 11.7k ha2015: 11.7k ha2016: 11.8k ha2017: 11.8k ha2018: 11.9k ha2019: 11.6k ha2020: 11.9k ha2021: 12.0k ha2022: 12.2k ha2023: 12.2k ha2024: 12.2k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Gabon recorded 12,202 ha for drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

The figure is up 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Gabon peaked at 12,202 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,850 ha, in 1997.

Gabon ranks 71st of 238 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 9,938 ha 9,850 ha 10,633 ha 10
2000s 11,466 ha 10,734 ha 11,719 ha 10
2010s 11,701 ha 11,610 ha 11,896 ha 10
2020s 12,108 ha 11,939 ha 12,202 ha 5

Countries ranked near Gabon

  1. 68 Austria 13,422 ha compare
  2. 69 Faroe Islands 13,249 ha compare
  3. 70 Botswana 12,444 ha compare
  4. 72 Czechia 10,089 ha compare
  5. 73 Portugal 9,676 ha compare
  6. 74 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,357 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Gabon?
Drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 in Gabon was 12,202 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 recorded in Gabon?
The highest recorded value was 12,202 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 recorded in Gabon?
The lowest recorded value was 9,850 ha in 1997.
How does Gabon rank for drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1?
Gabon ranks 71st out of 238 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — area — fao tier 1 rising or falling in Gabon?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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 Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.