Sorghum — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Sorghum — Yield was 752.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sorghum — Yield in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Gambia stood at 752.4 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.8% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Gambia peaked at 1,329 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1979.
Gambia ranks 89th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Sorghum — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 985.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 985.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 985.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 985.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 942.9 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 842.9 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 900 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 905.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 824.3 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 945.9 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1971 | 945.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 932.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 932.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 986.5 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 715.7 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1976 | 586.2 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 566 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 725.8 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1980 | 803.6 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1981 | 1,082 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1982 | 950.6 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 1,029 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 1,123 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 920.8 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 1,029 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 729.4 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1988 | 876.4 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1989 | 1,110 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1990 | 630.7 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1991 | 963.6 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1992 | 948.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1,104 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1994 | 1,056 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 848.9 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1996 | 1,080 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 962.5 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 806.8 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 1,109 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2000 | 1,269 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 1,277 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 829.4 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2003 | 1,129 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 2004 | 1,113 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 1,329 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2006 | 1,305 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 826.5 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 2008 | 975 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 1,090 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 1,250 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 690.8 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 2012 | 744.5 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 1,058 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 2014 | 745 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2015 | 896.4 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 681.9 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2017 | 628.2 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 751.4 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2019 | 629.6 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2020 | 638.6 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,005 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 2022 | 870.5 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 1,015 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2024 | 752.4 kg/ha | -25.8% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 752.4 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 752.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 928.7 kg/ha | 824.3 kg/ha | 985.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 783.68 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 986.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 965.34 kg/ha | 729.4 kg/ha | 1,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 951.11 kg/ha | 630.7 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,114 kg/ha | 826.5 kg/ha | 1,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 807.59 kg/ha | 628.2 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 856.18 kg/ha | 638.6 kg/ha | 1,015 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 sorghum — yield in Gambia?
- Sorghum — yield in Gambia was 752.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,329 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Gambia rank for sorghum — yield?
- Gambia ranks 89th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.