Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 417.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 417.3 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 8.1% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Gambia peaked at 526.1 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 235.9 kg/ha, in 2007.
Gambia ranks 118th of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 399.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 399.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 375 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 380.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 436.2 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1966 | 477 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 502 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 520.1 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 500.3 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 489.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 482.8 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 476.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 481.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 475 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 490.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 470.1 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 358.3 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1978 | 429 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1979 | 383.1 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 345.8 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 465.7 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1982 | 526.1 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 410.4 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1984 | 401.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 459.5 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 474.7 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 438.3 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 369.6 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1989 | 500.9 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1990 | 306.4 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1991 | 372.6 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1992 | 330.5 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1993 | 426.1 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1994 | 376.6 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1995 | 345.6 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 294.7 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1997 | 382.6 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1998 | 378.7 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 412.5 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2000 | 380.6 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 359.8 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 256.6 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 2003 | 305.1 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2004 | 384.3 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2005 | 349 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 353.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 235.9 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 2008 | 285.5 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 280.4 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 334.9 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2011 | 272.3 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2012 | 346.1 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2013 | 337.3 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 365.3 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 361.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 355.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 364.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 429.9 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2019 | 436.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 319.4 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 2021 | 264.4 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 407 kg/ha | +53.9% |
| 2023 | 454.3 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2024 | 417.3 kg/ha | -8.1% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 417.3 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 230.95 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 417.3 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 443.37 kg/ha | 375 kg/ha | 520.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 453.52 kg/ha | 358.3 kg/ha | 490.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 439.24 kg/ha | 345.8 kg/ha | 526.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 362.63 kg/ha | 294.7 kg/ha | 426.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 319.05 kg/ha | 235.9 kg/ha | 384.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 360.32 kg/ha | 272.3 kg/ha | 436.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 372.48 kg/ha | 264.4 kg/ha | 454.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1584 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2247 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Gambia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Gambia was 417.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 526.1 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 235.9 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Gambia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Gambia ranks 118th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. 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, Oil Equivalent — 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.