Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Gambia
Gambia: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 40,282 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 40,282 An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in Gambia peaked at 56,804 An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 15,000 An, in 1961.
Gambia ranks 158th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,298 An | 15,000 An | 23,270 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,797 An | 24,870 An | 29,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,150 An | 28,000 An | 33,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,220 An | 34,000 An | 43,300 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,187 An | 43,600 An | 51,850 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,384 An | 40,463 An | 56,804 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,559 An | 37,488 An | 40,282 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
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 milk, total — milk animals in Gambia?
- Milk, total — milk animals in Gambia was 40,282 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 56,804 An in 2015.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 An in 1961.
- How does Gambia rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- Gambia ranks 158th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. 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 Milk, Total — Milk Animals. 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.