Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Gambia, The
Gambia, The: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 3,608 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Gambia, The, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Gambia, The is 3,608 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 28.3% on the previous year and down 69.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Gambia, The peaked at 15,241 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,812 ha, in 2023.
Gambia, The ranks 135th of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
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 | 9,227 ha | 3,200 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,097 ha | 2,812 ha | 5,550 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia, The
- 132 Libya 4,372 ha compare
- 133 Malaysia 4,261 ha compare
- 134 Switzerland 3,964 ha compare
- 136 Georgia 3,483 ha compare
- 137 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,398 ha compare
- 138 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,800 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia, The
- 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Gambia, The?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Gambia, The was 3,608 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Gambia, The?
- The highest recorded value was 15,241 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Gambia, The?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,812 ha in 2023.
- How does Gambia, The rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Gambia, The ranks 135th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia, The?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gambia, The data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.