Millet — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Millet — Area harvested was 38,425 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Gambia is 38,425 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and down 61.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 149,200 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1979.
That places Gambia 40th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,233 ha | 32,700 ha | 43,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,840 ha | 11,000 ha | 34,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,351 ha | 17,600 ha | 52,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,253 ha | 41,484 ha | 73,453 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 116,627 ha | 85,800 ha | 144,090 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,820 ha | 65,000 ha | 149,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,966 ha | 34,373 ha | 62,150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 37 Togo 47,000 ha compare
- 38 Benin 41,528 ha compare
- 39 Uzbekistan 38,807 ha compare
- 41 Australia 35,998 ha compare
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 35,998 ha compare
- 43 Guinea-Bissau 30,000 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 millet — area harvested in Gambia?
- Millet — area harvested in Gambia was 38,425 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 149,200 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1979.
- How does Gambia rank for millet — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 40th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Area harvested. 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.