Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 123.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Gambia, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Gambia is 123.4 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Gambia peaked at 356.3 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 106.6 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Gambia 136th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 254.51 kg/ha | 167.6 kg/ha | 318.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 255.34 kg/ha | 189.3 kg/ha | 356.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 203.08 kg/ha | 106.6 kg/ha | 327.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137.41 kg/ha | 124.5 kg/ha | 178.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 124.15 kg/ha | 113.5 kg/ha | 133.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.68 kg/ha | 116.8 kg/ha | 123.4 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- 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)
- Rural population 35.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 988,057 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 618.52 million current US$ (2025)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25,243 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Gambia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Gambia was 123.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 356.3 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 106.6 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Gambia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Gambia ranks 136th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield. 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.