Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Gambia
Gambia: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 20,945 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Gambia, 2008–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 20,945 ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 547.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Gambia peaked at 20,945 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,600 ha, in 2011.
Gambia ranks 40th of 122 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.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Gambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 2009 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 2010 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 1,600 ha | -36.0% |
| 2012 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 2,763 ha | +67.5% |
| 2014 | 3,234 ha | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 3,797 ha | +17.4% |
| 2016 | 4,445 ha | +17.1% |
| 2017 | 5,384 ha | +21.1% |
| 2018 | 6,121 ha | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 6,882 ha | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 8,377 ha | +21.7% |
| 2021 | 9,720 ha | +16.0% |
| 2022 | 11,668 ha | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 19,804 ha | +69.7% |
| 2024 | 20,945 ha | +5.8% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 20,945 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 54,343 ha, 39% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 20,945 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 27,038 ha, 77% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Gambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +69.7% | 11,668 ha | 19,804 ha |
| 2011 | -36.0% | 2,500 ha | 1,600 ha |
| 2013 | +67.5% | 1,650 ha | 2,763 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,150 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,300 ha | 2 |
| 2010s | 3,838 ha | 1,600 ha | 6,882 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,103 ha | 8,377 ha | 20,945 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 treenuts, total — area harvested in Gambia?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Gambia was 20,945 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 20,945 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 2011.
- How does Gambia rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Gambia ranks 40th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 547.6%. 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 Treenuts, 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.