What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Bhutan and Gambia?

166,847 hectares, with Gambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Gambia?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Gambia: Agricultural area over the long-term

Bhutan

467,153 hectares

in 2025

Gambia

634,000 hectares

in 2025

Bhutan rank

148th

Gambia rank

146th

Agricultural area over the long-term over time

Bhutan
Gambia

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 634,000 hectares against 467,153 hectares in Bhutan, a difference of 166,847 hectares.

That makes Gambia's figure about 1.4 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 148th and Gambia ranks 146th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 5 and Gambia in 35.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	45,801 hectares	36,974 hectares	8,827 hectares	Bhutan
1100s	44,243 hectares	40,754 hectares	3,490 hectares	Bhutan
1200s	42,564 hectares	44,721 hectares	2,158 hectares	Gambia
1300s	44,809 hectares	48,799 hectares	3,990 hectares	Gambia
1400s	46,464 hectares	52,851 hectares	6,387 hectares	Gambia
1500s	54,688 hectares	56,650 hectares	1,962 hectares	Gambia
1600s	67,714 hectares	59,797 hectares	7,917 hectares	Bhutan
1700s	76,870 hectares	61,555 hectares	15,315 hectares	Bhutan
1710s	84,290 hectares	91,184 hectares	6,894 hectares	Gambia
1720s	85,201 hectares	117,933 hectares	32,732 hectares	Gambia
1730s	86,112 hectares	143,900 hectares	57,788 hectares	Gambia
1740s	87,023 hectares	169,051 hectares	82,028 hectares	Gambia
1750s	87,932 hectares	193,349 hectares	105,417 hectares	Gambia
1760s	88,838 hectares	216,752 hectares	127,914 hectares	Gambia
1770s	89,740 hectares	239,216 hectares	149,476 hectares	Gambia
1780s	90,636 hectares	260,689 hectares	170,053 hectares	Gambia
1790s	91,522 hectares	281,115 hectares	189,593 hectares	Gambia
1800s	92,398 hectares	300,430 hectares	208,032 hectares	Gambia
1810s	93,258 hectares	318,560 hectares	225,302 hectares	Gambia
1820s	100,723 hectares	335,421 hectares	234,698 hectares	Gambia
1830s	107,822 hectares	350,916 hectares	243,094 hectares	Gambia
1840s	116,729 hectares	364,930 hectares	248,201 hectares	Gambia
1850s	123,873 hectares	377,330 hectares	253,457 hectares	Gambia
1860s	130,793 hectares	389,265 hectares	258,472 hectares	Gambia
1870s	140,945 hectares	400,492 hectares	259,547 hectares	Gambia
1880s	152,723 hectares	423,110 hectares	270,387 hectares	Gambia
1890s	162,647 hectares	445,204 hectares	282,557 hectares	Gambia
1900s	174,671 hectares	456,907 hectares	282,236 hectares	Gambia
1910s	190,196 hectares	465,798 hectares	275,602 hectares	Gambia
1920s	219,187 hectares	465,909 hectares	246,722 hectares	Gambia
1930s	248,665 hectares	502,766 hectares	254,101 hectares	Gambia
1940s	276,217 hectares	526,136 hectares	249,919 hectares	Gambia
1950s	313,329 hectares	501,175 hectares	187,846 hectares	Gambia
1960s	365,500 hectares	527,800 hectares	162,300 hectares	Gambia
1970s	392,100 hectares	559,400 hectares	167,300 hectares	Gambia
1980s	438,300 hectares	582,800 hectares	144,500 hectares	Gambia
1990s	532,700 hectares	562,100 hectares	29,400 hectares	Gambia
2000s	567,830 hectares	509,500 hectares	58,330 hectares	Bhutan
2010s	518,800 hectares	641,000 hectares	122,200 hectares	Gambia
2020s	484,936 hectares	634,000 hectares	149,064 hectares	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural area over the long-term, Bhutan or Gambia?: Gambia, at 634,000 hectares against 467,153 hectares in Bhutan as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural area over the long-term between Bhutan and Gambia?: 166,847 hectares, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Gambia?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Bhutan and Gambia rank globally for agricultural area over the long-term?: Bhutan ranks 148th and Gambia ranks 146th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural area over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural area over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Total agricultural area for each separate country over time.