Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Gambia
Gambia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 1,660 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — production in Gambia is 1,660 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Gambia peaked at 1,740 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 660 t, in 1963.
Gambia ranks 125th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Gambia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 759 t | — |
| 1962 | 770 t | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 660 t | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 693 t | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 715 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 737 t | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 737 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 693 t | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 712.8 t | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 737 t | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 759 t | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 792 t | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 819.5 t | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 841.5 t | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 863.5 t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 882.2 t | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 909.7 t | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 937.2 t | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 961.4 t | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 985.6 t | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 1,003 t | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 1,023 t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 1,043 t | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 1,063 t | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 1,218 t | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 1,244 t | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 1,267 t | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 1,166 t | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 1,155 t | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 992.2 t | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 977.9 t | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 945.97 t | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 908.75 t | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 873.09 t | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 838.81 t | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 806.17 t | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 774.77 t | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 744.7 t | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 715.86 t | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 688.2 t | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 982.3 t | +42.7% |
| 2002 | 1,121 t | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 1,375 t | +22.7% |
| 2004 | 1,364 t | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,405 t | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 1,446 t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1,524 t | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,578 t | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1,622 t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1,540 t | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 1,298 t | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 1,265 t | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 1,298 t | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 1,265 t | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 1,191 t | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 1,259 t | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 1,262 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,385 t | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 1,483 t | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 1,644 t | +10.8% |
| 2021 | 1,691 t | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 1,740 t | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 1,596 t | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 1,660 t | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 719.64 t | 660 t | 770 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 850.3 t | 737 t | 961.4 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,117 t | 985.6 t | 1,267 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 857.82 t | 715.86 t | 992.2 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,311 t | 688.2 t | 1,622 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,325 t | 1,191 t | 1,540 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,666 t | 1,596 t | 1,740 t | 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)
- 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 sheep and goat meat — production in Gambia?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Gambia was 1,660 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,740 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 660 t in 1963.
- How does Gambia rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Gambia ranks 125th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — Production. 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.