Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Gambia
Gambia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 753.93 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Gambia stood at 753.93 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 242.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Gambia peaked at 753.93 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 204.48 t, in 2015.
Gambia ranks 129th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Gambia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 352 t | — |
| 1962 | 352 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 264 t | -25.0% |
| 1964 | 291.5 t | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 308 t | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 341 t | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 352 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 330 t | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 338.8 t | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 352 t | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 363 t | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 379.5 t | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 390.5 t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 396 t | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 401.5 t | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 407 t | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 418 t | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 429 t | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 440 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 451 t | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 458.7 t | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 468.6 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 478.5 t | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 445.5 t | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 577.5 t | +29.6% |
| 1986 | 594 t | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 594 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 539 t | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 462 t | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 399.3 t | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 514.8 t | +28.9% |
| 1992 | 442.05 t | -14.1% |
| 1993 | 419.95 t | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 398.95 t | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 378.89 t | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 360.05 t | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 342.05 t | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 324.95 t | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 308.7 t | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 293.26 t | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 355.3 t | +21.2% |
| 2002 | 400.4 t | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 558.25 t | +39.4% |
| 2004 | 574.75 t | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 591.25 t | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 607.75 t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 503.25 t | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 550 t | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 577.5 t | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 660 t | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 495 t | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 440 t | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 440 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 220 t | -50.0% |
| 2015 | 204.48 t | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 241.31 t | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 355.88 t | +47.5% |
| 2018 | 465.77 t | +30.9% |
| 2019 | 523.84 t | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 655.82 t | +25.2% |
| 2021 | 670.76 t | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 685.86 t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 728.44 t | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 753.93 t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 325.48 t | 264 t | 352 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 397.65 t | 352 t | 440 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 506.88 t | 445.5 t | 594 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 388.97 t | 308.7 t | 514.8 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 501.17 t | 293.26 t | 607.75 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 404.63 t | 204.48 t | 660 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 698.96 t | 655.82 t | 753.93 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 126 Montenegro 826.52 t compare
- 127 Denmark 810 t compare
- 128 Latvia 760 t compare
- 130 Fiji 653.5 t compare
- 131 Faroe Islands 631.46 t compare
- 132 Mozambique 598 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 meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Gambia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Gambia was 753.93 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 753.93 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 204.48 t in 2015.
- How does Gambia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Gambia ranks 129th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 242.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.