Fruit Primary — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Fruit Primary — Yield was 5,101 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Gambia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in Gambia is 5,101 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Gambia peaked at 5,490 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3,836 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Gambia 162nd 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 — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4,800 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 4,774 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 4,775 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,638 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 4,712 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 4,878 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 3,836 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1992 | 3,908 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 3,995 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 4,060 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 4,114 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 4,248 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 4,294 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 4,354 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 4,414 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 4,462 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4,508 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 4,561 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 4,610 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 4,646 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,687 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 4,709 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 5,490 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2008 | 4,884 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 4,895 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 4,965 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 5,062 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 5,100 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 5,096 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 5,141 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,230 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 5,007 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 5,151 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 5,208 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 4,983 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 5,146 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 5,112 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 5,080 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 5,112 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 5,101 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 5,101 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,341 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 5,101 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,740 kg/ha | 4,638 kg/ha | 4,800 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 4,210 kg/ha | 3,836 kg/ha | 4,878 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,745 kg/ha | 4,462 kg/ha | 5,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,094 kg/ha | 4,965 kg/ha | 5,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,110 kg/ha | 5,080 kg/ha | 5,146 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 159 Sierra Leone 5,190 kg/ha compare
- 160 USSR 5,178 kg/ha compare
- 161 Cambodia 5,135 kg/ha compare
- 163 Czechoslovakia 5,101 kg/ha compare
- 164 Namibia 5,070 kg/ha compare
- 165 Madagascar 5,013 kg/ha 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)
- 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 fruit primary — yield in Gambia?
- Fruit primary — yield in Gambia was 5,101 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,490 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,836 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Gambia rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Gambia ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 — 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.