Rice — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Rice — Yield was 1,055 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Yield in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Gambia stood at 1,055 kg/ha.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Gambia peaked at 2,566 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 435.4 kg/ha, in 2017.
Gambia ranks 107th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,214 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,215 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 1,216 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,370 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1965 | 1,371 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 1,367 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 1,129 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1968 | 1,270 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 1,370 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1970 | 1,435 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 1,435 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,288 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 1,356 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 1,192 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1975 | 1,220 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 789.5 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1977 | 774.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 1,236 kg/ha | +59.5% |
| 1979 | 1,719 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1980 | 1,968 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1981 | 1,421 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1982 | 1,239 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 1,764 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 1984 | 2,566 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 1985 | 1,909 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1986 | 1,607 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1987 | 1,282 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1988 | 1,535 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1989 | 1,511 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,467 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 1,526 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 1,730 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 1,460 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1994 | 1,539 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 1,230 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1996 | 1,068 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 1,024 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 1,343 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1999 | 2,171 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 2000 | 2,214 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 2,329 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 2,045 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 1,780 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 2,038 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 1,003 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 2006 | 1,691 kg/ha | +68.5% |
| 2007 | 686.1 kg/ha | -59.4% |
| 2008 | 1,126 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 2009 | 1,082 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 1,160 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 1,217 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 852.6 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 1,050 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2014 | 704.1 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2015 | 1,031 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2016 | 701.1 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2017 | 435.4 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 2018 | 456.6 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 528.1 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 660.3 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 1,128 kg/ha | +70.9% |
| 2022 | 994.6 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 989.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,055 kg/ha | +6.6% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 1,055 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 1,055 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,280 kg/ha | 1,129 kg/ha | 1,371 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,244 kg/ha | 774.8 kg/ha | 1,719 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,680 kg/ha | 1,239 kg/ha | 2,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,456 kg/ha | 1,024 kg/ha | 2,171 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,600 kg/ha | 686.1 kg/ha | 2,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 813.53 kg/ha | 435.4 kg/ha | 1,217 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 965.56 kg/ha | 660.3 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 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 rice — yield in Gambia?
- Rice — yield in Gambia was 1,055 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,566 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 435.4 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Gambia rank for rice — yield?
- Gambia ranks 107th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.8%. 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 Rice — 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.