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Arable land share — Gambia

Arable land share in the Gambia in 2023 — 43.48%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 31.52 pp.

2023 43.48% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 10of 206
Period maximum 44.47%2010
Period minimum 11.96%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Arable land share — Gambia, 1961–2023020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 11.96%1963: 12.15%1965: 12.35%1967: 12.65%1969: 12.85%1971: 13.14%1973: 14.13%1975: 16.21%1977: 16.8%1979: 16.4%1981: 17.89%1983: 18.08%1985: 16.7%1987: 18.18%1989: 17.89%1991: 19.37%1993: 15.91%1995: 18.28%1997: 20.26%1999: 22.23%2001: 24.11%2003: 26.09%2005: 27.96%2007: 29.94%2009: 42.29%2011: 44.47%2013: 44.47%2015: 44.47%2017: 43.48%2019: 43.48%2021: 43.48%2023: 43.48%
Change over the period: +31.52 pp Annual average: 0.51 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Gambia

Gambia 43.48%
World 10.67%
Sub-Saharan Africa 10.03%
Western Africa computed 16.46%
Low-income countries computed 9.61%
Arable land share — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 43.48 +0 pp
2022 43.48 +0 pp
2021 43.48 +0 pp
2020 43.48 +0 pp
2019 43.48 +0 pp
2018 43.48 +0 pp
2017 43.48 −0.99 pp
2016 44.47 +0 pp
2015 44.47 +0 pp
2014 44.47 +0 pp
2013 44.47 +0 pp
2012 44.47 +0 pp
2011 44.47 +0 pp
2010 44.47 +2.17 pp
2009 42.29 +5.53 pp
2008 36.76 +6.82 pp
2007 29.94 +0.99 pp
2006 28.95 +0.99 pp
2005 27.96 +0.99 pp
2004 26.98 +0.89 pp
2003 26.09 +0.99 pp
2002 25.1 +0.99 pp
2001 24.11 +0.99 pp
2000 23.12 +0.89 pp
1999 22.23 +0.99 pp
1998 21.25 +0.99 pp
1997 20.26 +1.48 pp
1996 18.77 +0.49 pp
1995 18.28 +0.49 pp
1994 17.79 +1.88 pp
1993 15.91 −0.1 pp
1992 16.01 −3.36 pp
1991 19.37 +0.89 pp
1990 18.48 +0.59 pp
1989 17.89 −1.78 pp
1988 19.66 +1.48 pp
1987 18.18 +0.69 pp
1986 17.49 +0.79 pp
1985 16.7 +0 pp
1984 16.7 −1.38 pp
1983 18.08 −1.88 pp
1982 19.96 +2.08 pp
1981 17.89 +2.17 pp
1980 15.71 −0.69 pp
1979 16.4 −1.09 pp
1978 17.49 +0.69 pp
1977 16.8 +0.69 pp
1976 16.11 −0.1 pp
1975 16.21 −0.59 pp
1974 16.8 +2.67 pp
1973 14.13 +0.49 pp
1972 13.64 +0.49 pp
1971 13.14 +0.3 pp
1970 12.85 +0 pp
1969 12.85 +0.2 pp
1968 12.65 +0 pp
1967 12.65 +0.2 pp
1966 12.45 +0.1 pp
1965 12.35 +0.1 pp
1964 12.25 +0.1 pp
1963 12.15 +0.1 pp
1962 12.06 +0.1 pp
1961 11.96 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TG Togo 48.72 GM Gambia 43.48 NG Nigeria 40.48 BJ Benin 31.45 BF Burkina Faso 28.9 GN Guinea 24.42 SL Sierra Leone 21.95 GH Ghana 20.7 SN Senegal 19.89 CI Côte d'Ivoire 15.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 14.07 NE Niger 13.97 CV Cabo Verde 12.41 ML Mali 6.84 LR Liberia 5.19 MR Mauritania 0.44
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of arable land in land area: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for less than five years. It excludes permanent crops and permanent pasture, so the indicator reflects more precisely the resource available for growing grain and other field crops.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The area of a country excluding inland water bodies — the denominator for every land share.

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