Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 2,763 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gambia is 2,763 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 3,193 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 1963.
Gambia ranks 153rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,255 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,255 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,200 ha | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 2,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,023 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,998 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 2,062 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 2,125 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 2,187 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 2,249 ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 2,310 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 2,370 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 2,415 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 2,515 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 2,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,530 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 2,543 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,558 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 2,564 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,562 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,565 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 2,604 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,639 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 2,681 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 2,731 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 2,725 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 3,193 ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 2,885 ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 2,899 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,855 ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 2,841 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,844 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,841 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,781 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 2,726 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,783 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 2,763 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,668 ha | 1,200 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,410 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,225 ha | 1,998 ha | 2,515 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,566 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,639 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,865 ha | 2,681 ha | 3,193 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,779 ha | 2,726 ha | 2,841 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 150 New Caledonia 3,414 ha compare
- 151 Estonia 2,920 ha compare
- 152 Slovenia 2,860 ha compare
- 153 Sao Tome and Principe 2,763 ha compare
- 155 Palestine, State of 2,350 ha compare
- 156 Tonga 2,225 ha compare
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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gambia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Gambia was 2,763 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,193 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1963.
- How does Gambia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 153rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.