Potatoes and products — Food supply in Gambia
Gambia: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 4,246 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Gambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply in Gambia is 4,246 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 74.8% on the previous year and up 133.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Gambia peaked at 4,246 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,620 million Kcal, in 2011.
Gambia ranks 142nd of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Gambia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,183 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 1,620 million Kcal | -61.3% |
| 2012 | 1,813 million Kcal | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 1,815 million Kcal | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,045 million Kcal | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 2,331 million Kcal | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 3,433 million Kcal | +47.3% |
| 2017 | 3,300 million Kcal | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 3,952 million Kcal | +19.8% |
| 2019 | 2,825 million Kcal | -28.5% |
| 2020 | 3,209 million Kcal | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 3,382 million Kcal | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 2,430 million Kcal | -28.1% |
| 2023 | 4,246 million Kcal | +74.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,732 million Kcal | 1,620 million Kcal | 4,183 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,317 million Kcal | 2,430 million Kcal | 4,246 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 potatoes and products — food supply in Gambia?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Gambia was 4,246 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,246 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,620 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Gambia rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Gambia ranks 142nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 133.9%. 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 Potatoes and products — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.