Millet — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Millet — Yield was 1,050 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Yield in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — yield in Gambia is 1,050 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Gambia peaked at 1,270 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 400.4 kg/ha, in 2019.
Gambia ranks 50th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,202 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,201 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 1,141 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 1,124 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 1,073 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 957.6 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 1,036 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 1,049 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 950.9 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 1,098 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1971 | 1,098 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,072 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 1,098 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 973.7 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 860 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 925 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1977 | 830.8 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1978 | 995 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1979 | 790.9 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1980 | 869.3 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 1,270 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 1982 | 1,138 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 1,036 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1984 | 1,170 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 1,094 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 1,144 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 1,122 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 1,099 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 960.9 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 928.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 1,027 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 1,115 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 1,032 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 1,061 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 978.8 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 1,104 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 899.7 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1998 | 960.7 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 1,120 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 1,103 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 1,078 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 872.5 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 1,095 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2004 | 1,076 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 1,002 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 929 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 798.3 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 933 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2009 | 1,005 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 1,059 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 789.6 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2012 | 968.3 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 886.6 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 761.8 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2015 | 938.1 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2016 | 762.7 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 634.3 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2018 | 566.2 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 400.4 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2020 | 690.1 kg/ha | +72.4% |
| 2021 | 994.1 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 2022 | 748.4 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2023 | 1,064 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 2024 | 1,050 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 1,050 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 848.5 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 1,050 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,082 kg/ha | 950.9 kg/ha | 1,202 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 974.26 kg/ha | 790.9 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,090 kg/ha | 869.3 kg/ha | 1,270 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,023 kg/ha | 899.7 kg/ha | 1,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 989.16 kg/ha | 798.3 kg/ha | 1,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 776.71 kg/ha | 400.4 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 909.34 kg/ha | 690.1 kg/ha | 1,064 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 47 Pakistan 1,098 kg/ha compare
- 48 Kazakhstan 1,066 kg/ha compare
- 49 Slovenia 1,060 kg/ha compare
- 51 Australia 1,023 kg/ha compare
- 51 Australia and New Zealand 1,023 kg/ha compare
- 53 Central African Republic 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 53 Republic of Korea 1,000 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 millet — yield in Gambia?
- Millet — yield in Gambia was 1,050 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,270 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 400.4 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Gambia rank for millet — yield?
- Gambia ranks 50th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.