Maize (corn) — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Maize (corn) — Yield was 932.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Maize (corn) — Yield in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Gambia is 932.4 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 15.7% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Gambia peaked at 1,808 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 304.1 kg/ha, in 1963.
Gambia ranks 166th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 650.49 kg/ha | 304.1 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,164 kg/ha | 1,033 kg/ha | 1,397 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,402 kg/ha | 1,068 kg/ha | 1,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,350 kg/ha | 1,169 kg/ha | 1,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,211 kg/ha | 868.7 kg/ha | 1,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 832.02 kg/ha | 459.7 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 843.64 kg/ha | 595.5 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 163 Sudan 970.4 kg/ha compare
- 164 South Sudan 964.9 kg/ha compare
- 165 Namibia 933 kg/ha compare
- 167 Mozambique 810 kg/ha compare
- 168 Haiti 769.4 kg/ha compare
- 169 Democratic Republic of the Congo 769 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture share gdp 23.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 35.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 988,057 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 618.52 million current US$ (2025)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25,243 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Gambia?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Gambia was 932.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,808 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 304.1 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Gambia rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Gambia ranks 166th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.