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 152nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 376.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 312.4 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1963 | 304.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 407.4 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1965 | 407.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 666.7 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 1967 | 1,150 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 1968 | 1,150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,080 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 1,033 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 1,125 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 1,178 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 1,214 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 1,067 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 1,200 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 1,071 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 1,129 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 1,397 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1979 | 1,222 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 1,068 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1981 | 1,645 kg/ha | +54.0% |
| 1982 | 1,808 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 1,232 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1984 | 1,359 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1985 | 1,579 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 1,566 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 1,187 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1988 | 1,227 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 1,347 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 1,204 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 1,180 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 1,514 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1993 | 1,626 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 1,262 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1995 | 1,292 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 1,220 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 1,169 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 1,434 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1999 | 1,594 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 1,606 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1,685 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 1,012 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 2003 | 1,585 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 2004 | 1,207 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2005 | 1,052 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 894.5 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 868.7 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 1,033 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2009 | 1,162 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 1,250 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 934.9 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2012 | 1,064 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 996.7 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 825.2 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 939.5 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 721 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2017 | 612.6 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 516.3 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 459.7 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 595.5 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2021 | 1,065 kg/ha | +78.8% |
| 2022 | 819.4 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2023 | 806.1 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 932.4 kg/ha | +15.7% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 932.4 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 932.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
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
- 149 Sudan 970.4 kg/ha compare
- 150 South Sudan 964.9 kg/ha compare
- 151 Namibia 933 kg/ha compare
- 153 Mozambique 810 kg/ha compare
- 154 Haiti 769.4 kg/ha compare
- 155 Central African Republic 740.7 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 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 152nd out of 163 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.