Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 57,709 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Gambia stood at 57,709 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 160,274 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 34,073 ha, in 2018.
Gambia ranks 104th of 184 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 92,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 92,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 102,500 ha | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 102,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 103,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 103,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 91,000 ha | -11.7% |
| 1968 | 91,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 88,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 90,011 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 98,040 ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 88,080 ha | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 108,017 ha | +22.6% |
| 1974 | 107,800 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 101,951 ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 109,928 ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 108,338 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 111,246 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 72,504 ha | -34.8% |
| 1980 | 74,653 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 87,065 ha | +16.6% |
| 1982 | 101,260 ha | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 101,935 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 98,132 ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 66,603 ha | -32.1% |
| 1986 | 86,114 ha | +29.3% |
| 1987 | 99,675 ha | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 100,957 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 93,615 ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 99,158 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 89,493 ha | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 74,483 ha | -16.8% |
| 1993 | 73,385 ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 86,088 ha | +17.3% |
| 1995 | 88,687 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 73,806 ha | -16.8% |
| 1997 | 82,883 ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 79,919 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 110,163 ha | +37.8% |
| 2000 | 132,354 ha | +20.1% |
| 2001 | 149,856 ha | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 117,324 ha | -21.7% |
| 2003 | 119,539 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 128,289 ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 116,594 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 121,524 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 129,691 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 145,847 ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 160,274 ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 147,451 ha | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 124,792 ha | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 129,470 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 106,880 ha | -17.4% |
| 2014 | 88,193 ha | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 98,285 ha | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 84,199 ha | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 69,898 ha | -17.0% |
| 2018 | 34,073 ha | -51.3% |
| 2019 | 42,002 ha | +23.3% |
| 2020 | 59,331 ha | +41.3% |
| 2021 | 77,432 ha | +30.5% |
| 2022 | 61,450 ha | -20.6% |
| 2023 | 56,870 ha | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 57,709 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96,222 ha | 88,000 ha | 103,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 99,592 ha | 72,504 ha | 111,246 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 91,001 ha | 66,603 ha | 101,935 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,806 ha | 73,385 ha | 110,163 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 132,129 ha | 116,594 ha | 160,274 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,524 ha | 34,073 ha | 147,451 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,558 ha | 56,870 ha | 77,432 ha | 5 |
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- 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Gambia?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Gambia was 57,709 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 160,274 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,073 ha in 2018.
- How does Gambia rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 104th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.6%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.