Sorghum — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Sorghum — Area harvested was 7,251 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 7,251 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 53.5% on the previous year and down 73.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 31,200 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4,724 ha, in 2023.
Gambia ranks 68th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,200 ha | +37.8% |
| 1976 | 5,800 ha | -43.1% |
| 1977 | 5,300 ha | -8.6% |
| 1978 | 6,200 ha | +17.0% |
| 1979 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,600 ha | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 6,100 ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 8,100 ha | +32.8% |
| 1983 | 6,900 ha | -14.8% |
| 1984 | 7,300 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 12,760 ha | +74.8% |
| 1986 | 8,750 ha | -31.4% |
| 1987 | 8,980 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 8,170 ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 9,660 ha | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 13,050 ha | +35.1% |
| 1991 | 12,640 ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 12,930 ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 8,123 ha | -37.2% |
| 1994 | 8,431 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 13,987 ha | +65.9% |
| 1996 | 12,699 ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 13,432 ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 12,232 ha | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 16,200 ha | +32.4% |
| 2000 | 19,700 ha | +21.6% |
| 2001 | 26,175 ha | +32.9% |
| 2002 | 18,338 ha | -29.9% |
| 2003 | 26,684 ha | +45.5% |
| 2004 | 26,055 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 22,949 ha | -11.9% |
| 2006 | 23,179 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 21,720 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 26,281 ha | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 29,250 ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 31,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 29,756 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 31,091 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 28,720 ha | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 27,235 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 30,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20,058 ha | -33.1% |
| 2019 | 10,000 ha | -50.1% |
| 2020 | 9,724 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 4,827 ha | -50.4% |
| 2022 | 6,000 ha | +24.3% |
| 2023 | 4,724 ha | -21.3% |
| 2024 | 7,251 ha | +53.5% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 7,251 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 3% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 7,251 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 3% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,089 ha | 7,000 ha | 7,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,070 ha | 5,300 ha | 10,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,232 ha | 5,600 ha | 12,760 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,372 ha | 8,123 ha | 16,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,033 ha | 18,338 ha | 29,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,806 ha | 10,000 ha | 31,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,505 ha | 4,724 ha | 9,724 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 sorghum — area harvested in Gambia?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Gambia was 7,251 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 31,200 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,724 ha in 2023.
- How does Gambia rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 68th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.4%. 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 Sorghum — 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.