Gambia vs Lesotho: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Gambia
- Lesotho
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 124,224 ha against 111,896 ha in Lesotho, a difference of 12,328 ha.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Gambia ranks 127th and Lesotho ranks 129th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,757 ha | 286,147 ha | 204,390 ha | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 63,695 ha | 242,283 ha | 178,587 ha | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 73,650 ha | 214,973 ha | 141,323 ha | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 94,494 ha | 179,908 ha | 85,414 ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 191,332 ha | 193,576 ha | 2,244 ha | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 231,894 ha | 147,882 ha | 84,012 ha | Gambia |
| 2020s | 126,806 ha | 113,876 ha | 12,929 ha | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Gambia or Lesotho?
- Gambia, at 124,224 ha against 111,896 ha in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Gambia and Lesotho?
- 12,328 ha, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Lesotho?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Lesotho rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 127th and Lesotho ranks 129th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.