Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,023 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Gambia stood at 1,023 kg/ha.
The figure is down 11.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Gambia peaked at 1,594 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 575.1 kg/ha, in 2021.
Gambia ranks 71st of 112 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 — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 1,120 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 1,280 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 1,420 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 1,483 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 1,546 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 1,471 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 1,437 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 1,432 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 1,388 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 1,445 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1,396 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 1,440 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 1,362 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 980.4 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1978 | 1,258 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1979 | 986.7 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1980 | 873.7 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 1,349 kg/ha | +54.4% |
| 1982 | 1,594 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1983 | 1,171 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1984 | 1,150 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 1,296 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 1,372 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 1,262 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 1,038 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1989 | 1,509 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 1990 | 832.9 kg/ha | -44.8% |
| 1991 | 1,054 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1992 | 849.4 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1993 | 1,214 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1994 | 1,076 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 962.8 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 711.4 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1997 | 1,108 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 1998 | 1,042 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 1,240 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2000 | 1,168 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 1,088 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 677.3 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 2003 | 861 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2004 | 1,164 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2005 | 1,019 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 1,041 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 617 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 2008 | 820 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 2009 | 822.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,016 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2011 | 749.2 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2012 | 1,027 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2013 | 935.8 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 995.4 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 995.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 947.8 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 960.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 886.8 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 971.4 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 680.9 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2021 | 575.1 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 1,016 kg/ha | +76.7% |
| 2023 | 1,161 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2024 | 1,023 kg/ha | -11.9% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 1,023 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 1,023 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,306 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,313 kg/ha | 980.4 kg/ha | 1,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,262 kg/ha | 873.7 kg/ha | 1,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,009 kg/ha | 711.4 kg/ha | 1,240 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 927.7 kg/ha | 617 kg/ha | 1,168 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 948.51 kg/ha | 749.2 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 891.3 kg/ha | 575.1 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Gambia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Gambia was 1,023 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,594 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 575.1 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Gambia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Gambia ranks 71st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 — Yield. 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.