Sesame seed — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1,224 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Gambia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Gambia is 1,224 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 22.6% on the previous year and down 41.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 10,287 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 998 ha, in 2023.
That places Gambia 50th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1991 | 3,425 ha | +37.0% |
| 1992 | 3,382 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 3,402 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 3,194 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 3,314 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 2,844 ha | -14.2% |
| 1997 | 6,419 ha | +125.7% |
| 1998 | 4,383 ha | -31.7% |
| 1999 | 7,000 ha | +59.7% |
| 2000 | 10,287 ha | +47.0% |
| 2001 | 6,968 ha | -32.3% |
| 2002 | 7,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 6,802 ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 6,846 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 6,759 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 6,681 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 7,100 ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 7,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,883 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 6,932 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 7,778 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 7,988 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 1,582 ha | -80.2% |
| 2014 | 2,074 ha | +31.1% |
| 2015 | 3,230 ha | +55.7% |
| 2016 | 4,163 ha | +28.9% |
| 2017 | 4,793 ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 3,934 ha | -17.9% |
| 2019 | 1,875 ha | -52.3% |
| 2020 | 1,683 ha | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 1,562 ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 1,357 ha | -13.1% |
| 2023 | 998 ha | -26.5% |
| 2024 | 1,224 ha | +22.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,986 ha | 2,500 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,243 ha | 6,681 ha | 10,287 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,435 ha | 1,582 ha | 7,988 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,365 ha | 998 ha | 1,683 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 47 Nicaragua 2,889 ha compare
- 48 China, Taiwan Province of 1,800 ha compare
- 49 Honduras 1,321 ha compare
- 51 El Salvador 1,220 ha compare
- 52 Iraq 939 ha compare
- 53 Tajikistan 753 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)
- 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 sesame seed — area harvested in Gambia?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Gambia was 1,224 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,287 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 998 ha in 2023.
- How does Gambia rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 50th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — 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.