Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Gambia
Gambia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 52,642 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 52,642 t for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Gambia peaked at 151,500 t in 1973 and was at its lowest, 22,170 t, in 2018.
Gambia ranks 37th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Gambia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 105,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 110,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 112,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 128,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 142,000 t | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 130,500 t | -8.1% |
| 1968 | 136,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 125,000 t | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 125,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 136,000 t | +8.8% |
| 1972 | 118,000 t | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 151,500 t | +28.4% |
| 1974 | 145,200 t | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 141,100 t | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 143,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 100,000 t | -30.1% |
| 1978 | 133,400 t | +33.4% |
| 1979 | 66,900 t | -49.9% |
| 1980 | 60,200 t | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 108,900 t | +80.9% |
| 1982 | 151,400 t | +39.0% |
| 1983 | 113,800 t | -24.8% |
| 1984 | 105,100 t | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 75,800 t | -27.9% |
| 1986 | 110,350 t | +45.6% |
| 1987 | 119,950 t | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 98,360 t | -18.0% |
| 1989 | 129,899 t | +32.1% |
| 1990 | 74,530 t | -42.6% |
| 1991 | 84,160 t | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 54,869 t | -34.8% |
| 1993 | 76,724 t | +39.8% |
| 1994 | 80,804 t | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 75,178 t | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 45,822 t | -39.0% |
| 1997 | 78,101 t | +70.4% |
| 1998 | 73,457 t | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 122,958 t | +67.4% |
| 2000 | 138,000 t | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 151,069 t | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 71,526 t | -52.7% |
| 2003 | 92,937 t | +29.9% |
| 2004 | 135,697 t | +46.0% |
| 2005 | 107,000 t | -21.1% |
| 2006 | 114,500 t | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 72,557 t | -36.6% |
| 2008 | 109,641 t | +51.1% |
| 2009 | 121,950 t | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 137,631 t | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 83,858 t | -39.1% |
| 2012 | 119,614 t | +42.6% |
| 2013 | 93,862 t | -21.5% |
| 2014 | 80,653 t | -14.1% |
| 2015 | 89,634 t | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 71,082 t | -20.7% |
| 2017 | 57,625 t | -18.9% |
| 2018 | 22,170 t | -61.5% |
| 2019 | 34,000 t | +53.4% |
| 2020 | 35,766 t | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 40,734 t | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 55,902 t | +37.2% |
| 2023 | 58,977 t | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 52,642 t | -10.7% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 52,642 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 150,000 t, 35% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 52,642 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 94,522 t, 56% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,500 t | 105,000 t | 142,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 126,010 t | 66,900 t | 151,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,376 t | 60,200 t | 151,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,660 t | 45,822 t | 122,958 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 111,488 t | 71,526 t | 151,069 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 79,013 t | 22,170 t | 137,631 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,804 t | 35,766 t | 58,977 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 34 Mexico 70,228 t compare
- 35 Madagascar 58,610 t compare
- 36 Ethiopia PDR 54,000 t compare
- 38 South Africa 52,000 t compare
- 39 Togo 46,000 t compare
- 40 China, Taiwan Province of 38,000 t 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Gambia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Gambia was 52,642 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 151,500 t in 1973.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,170 t in 2018.
- How does Gambia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Gambia ranks 37th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production. 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.