Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 1,951 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Gambia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Gambia stood at 1,951 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 1,958 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 721 ha, in 1990.
That places Gambia 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 750 ha | — |
| 1986 | 775 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 721 ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 1,023 ha | +41.9% |
| 1992 | 1,045 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 1,089 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 1,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,087 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 1,216 ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 1,224 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,257 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 1,306 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 1,315 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,329 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 1,358 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,415 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 1,444 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,493 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 1,556 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 1,397 ha | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 1,630 ha | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,675 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1,698 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1,739 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 1,755 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,799 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,828 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,851 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1,880 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,902 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,932 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,958 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,953 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,948 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,953 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,951 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,951 ha | +0.0% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 1,951 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 127,290 ha, 2% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 1,951 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 3% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Gambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +41.9% | 721 ha | 1,023 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 785 ha | 750 ha | 800 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,107 ha | 721 ha | 1,306 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,461 ha | 1,315 ha | 1,675 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,834 ha | 1,698 ha | 1,958 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,951 ha | 1,948 ha | 1,953 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1584 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2247 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Gambia?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Gambia was 1,951 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,958 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 721 ha in 1990.
- How does Gambia rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 Fruit Primary — Area harvested. 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.