Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Gambia
Gambia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 2,577 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Gambia stood at 2,577 t.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Gambia peaked at 4,439 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,160 t, in 1961.
Gambia ranks 151st of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,800 t | 2,160 t | 3,360 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,630 t | 3,360 t | 3,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,054 t | 2,880 t | 3,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,309 t | 3,120 t | 3,444 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,750 t | 3,102 t | 4,146 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,748 t | 2,705 t | 4,439 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,457 t | 2,360 t | 2,577 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 148 Guyana 3,256 t compare
- 149 New Caledonia 2,984 t compare
- 150 Guadeloupe 2,647 t compare
- 152 Papua New Guinea 2,296 t compare
- 153 Belize 2,143 t compare
- 154 Mauritius 2,090 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Gambia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Gambia was 2,577 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,439 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,160 t in 1961.
- How does Gambia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Gambia ranks 151st out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.