Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon
Gabon: Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0025 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 0.0025 ha per square kilometre for rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon peaked at 0.0025 ha per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 ha per square kilometre, in 1987.
Gabon ranks 93rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +37.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | -50.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +64.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | -62.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +180.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +26.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | -40.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | +21.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | -65.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | +140.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +58.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +25.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | -26.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | -45.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +98.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.0025 ha per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1254 ha per square kilometre, 2% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.0025 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3312 ha per square kilometre, 1% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +180.8% | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre |
| 1988 | +140.0% | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre |
| 1994 | +98.5% | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre |
| 1987 | -65.5% | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre |
| 1969 | -62.9% | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre |
| 1964 | +64.2% | 0.0009 ha per square kilometre | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 90 Congo 0.0051 ha per square kilometre compare
- 91 Ukraine 0.0038 ha per square kilometre compare
- 92 Sudan 0.0027 ha per square kilometre compare
- 94 Somalia 0.0016 ha per square kilometre compare
- 95 Papua New Guinea 0.0009 ha per square kilometre compare
- 96 South Africa 0.0009 ha per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Gabon
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.51 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 241.41 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 126.48 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 114.93 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.4773 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4.1 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 17.66 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 13.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4.17 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0509 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon?
- Rice — area harvested, per square kilometre in Gabon was 0.0025 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0025 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 ha per square kilometre in 1987.
- How does Gabon rank for rice — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Gabon ranks 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — 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.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Rice — 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
Rice — 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.