Cereal yield in Gambia
Gambia: Cereal yield was 800.7 kg per hectare in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereal yield in Gambia, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 800.7 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Gambia peaked at 1,434 kg per hectare in 1984 and was at its lowest, 450.9 kg per hectare, in 2019.
That places Gambia 170th out of 181 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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 | 1,042 kg per hectare | 960.3 kg per hectare | 1,088 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,026 kg per hectare | 805.8 kg per hectare | 1,197 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,254 kg per hectare | 1,113 kg per hectare | 1,434 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,113 kg per hectare | 940.6 kg per hectare | 1,304 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,088 kg per hectare | 805.3 kg per hectare | 1,305 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 790.97 kg per hectare | 450.9 kg per hectare | 1,136 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 829.9 kg per hectare | 659.8 kg per hectare | 1,054 kg per hectare | 4 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 35.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 988,057 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 618.52 million current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 161,065 hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 128,972 metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 15.57 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Gambia?
- Cereal yield in Gambia was 800.7 kg per hectare in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,434 kg per hectare in 1984.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 450.9 kg per hectare in 2019.
- How does Gambia rank for cereal yield?
- Gambia ranks 170th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.