Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Gambia
Gambia: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals was 40,282 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Gambia is 40,282 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Gambia peaked at 56,804 An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 15,000 An, in 1961.
Gambia ranks 139th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals in Gambia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 16,060 An | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 18,200 An | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 18,800 An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 19,500 An | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 20,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 20,733 An | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 22,123 An | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 23,270 An | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 24,870 An | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 26,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 27,000 An | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 27,500 An | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 28,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 28,500 An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 28,800 An | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 29,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 29,100 An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 29,200 An | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 29,300 An | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 29,500 An | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 29,700 An | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 30,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 28,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 29,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 30,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 31,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 32,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 33,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 34,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 40,900 An | +20.3% |
| 1992 | 41,000 An | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 41,400 An | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 41,700 An | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 42,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 42,300 An | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 42,600 An | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 43,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 43,300 An | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 43,600 An | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 45,000 An | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 46,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 47,500 An | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 48,960 An | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 49,200 An | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 49,560 An | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 49,800 An | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 50,400 An | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 51,850 An | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 50,707 An | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 53,500 An | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 54,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 54,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 55,653 An | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 56,804 An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 53,563 An | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 51,358 An | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 43,793 An | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 40,463 An | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 37,823 An | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 37,655 An | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 37,488 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 39,548 An | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 40,282 An | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,298 An | 15,000 An | 23,270 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,797 An | 24,870 An | 29,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,150 An | 28,000 An | 33,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,220 An | 34,000 An | 43,300 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,187 An | 43,600 An | 51,850 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,384 An | 40,463 An | 56,804 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,559 An | 37,488 An | 40,282 An | 5 |
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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 raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Gambia?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals in Gambia was 40,282 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 56,804 An in 2015.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 An in 1961.
- How does Gambia rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals?
- Gambia ranks 139th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. 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 Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals. 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.