Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 3,513 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Gambia stood at 3,513 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 4,000 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1961.
Gambia ranks 37th of 41 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,507 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,509 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,510 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,511 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,513 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,513 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,512 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,512 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,513 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,513 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,778 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,400 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,560 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,510 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,506 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,513 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,513 ha | 3,512 ha | 3,513 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 9,570 ha compare
- 35 Burundi 8,843 ha compare
- 36 Equatorial Guinea 3,945 ha compare
- 38 Sao Tome and Principe 2,130 ha compare
- 39 Madagascar 1,812 ha compare
- 40 Central African Republic 647 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Gambia?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Gambia was 3,513 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Gambia rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 37th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.