Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 11,749 ha in 2015. ▬ Flat
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Gambia, 1961–2015
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Gambia is 11,749 ha, measured in 2015.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 15,241 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 10,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Gambia 48th out of 116 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15,241 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 12,919 ha | -15.2% |
| 1992 | 12,806 ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 12,693 ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 12,581 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 12,470 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 12,359 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 12,250 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 12,297 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 13,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 10,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 2002 | 12,024 ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 12,369 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 11,952 ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 11,927 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 12,021 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 13,500 ha | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 11,831 ha | -12.4% |
| 2009 | 11,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 12,012 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 11,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 11,961 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 11,749 ha | -1.8% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 11,749 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 29,072 ha, 40% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 11,749 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 41% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Gambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +30.0% | 10,000 ha | 13,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,111 ha | 10,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,900 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,862 ha | 12,250 ha | 15,241 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,962 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,870 ha | 11,000 ha | 12,500 ha | 6 |
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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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Gambia?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Gambia was 11,749 ha in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,241 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Gambia rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 48th out of 116 countries with data for 2015.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.