Gambia vs Switzerland: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Gambia
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 137,029 ha against 124,224 ha in Gambia, a difference of 12,805 ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Gambia ranks 127th and Switzerland ranks 125th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,757 ha | 174,808 ha | 93,050 ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 63,695 ha | 175,581 ha | 111,886 ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 73,650 ha | 184,356 ha | 110,706 ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 94,494 ha | 198,978 ha | 104,485 ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 191,332 ha | 166,312 ha | 25,020 ha | Gambia |
| 2010s | 231,894 ha | 144,360 ha | 87,534 ha | Gambia |
| 2020s | 126,806 ha | 141,626 ha | 14,820 ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Gambia or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 137,029 ha against 124,224 ha in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Gambia and Switzerland?
- 12,805 ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Switzerland rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 127th and Switzerland ranks 125th 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.