Grand Total — Food supply in Gambia
Gambia: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,402 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Grand Total — Food supply in Gambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 2,402 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Gambia peaked at 2,676 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,381 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Gambia 147th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,676 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,654 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 2,641 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 2,608 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 2,561 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 2,518 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 2,555 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2,499 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 2,446 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,406 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 2,381 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,438 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,556 kcal/cap/d | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | 2,676 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | 2,381 kcal/cap/d | 2,438 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 grand total — food supply in Gambia?
- Grand total — food supply in Gambia was 2,402 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,676 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,381 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Gambia rank for grand total — food supply?
- Gambia ranks 147th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.