Cassava, fresh — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 4,420 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Gambia is 4,420 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Gambia peaked at 5,080 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 2,818 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Gambia 81st out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,020 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,020 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,080 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 4,615 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 4,000 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1966 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,500 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 3,850 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 3,850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,900 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 3,714 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 3,333 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 3,400 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 3,333 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,167 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 3,333 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 3,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,122 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 2,818 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 2,835 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 2,853 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 2,870 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 2,888 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 2,906 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 2,923 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 2,916 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,940 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 3,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 2,985 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 2,998 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,011 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,037 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 3,077 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 3,117 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 3,273 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 3,389 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 3,505 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 3,620 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 3,853 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 3,833 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 3,880 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3,984 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 4,093 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 4,183 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 4,267 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,346 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 4,273 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 4,389 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 4,489 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 4,382 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 4,420 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 4,420 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 9,533 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 4,420 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,326 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 5,080 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,351 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 3,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,000 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,907 kg/ha | 2,818 kg/ha | 3,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,089 kg/ha | 2,985 kg/ha | 3,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,956 kg/ha | 3,505 kg/ha | 4,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,390 kg/ha | 4,273 kg/ha | 4,489 kg/ha | 5 |
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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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Gambia?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Gambia was 4,420 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,080 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,818 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Gambia rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Gambia ranks 81st out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.