Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Gabon
Gabon: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.7638 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Gabon, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 0.7638 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Gabon peaked at 2.11 in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.7638, in 2023.
Gabon ranks 31st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.4 | 1 | 1.71 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.9 | 1.74 | 2.11 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.64 | 1.48 | 1.82 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.41 | 1.29 | 1.53 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.21 | 1.08 | 1.29 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9138 | 0.8433 | 1.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7925 | 0.7638 | 0.8354 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Gabon?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Gabon was 0.7638 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 in 1976.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7638 in 2023.
- How does Gabon rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Gabon ranks 31st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).