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Basic Statistics


Element

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

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1980

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2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Arable land (000 Ha)
121.00
122.00
123.00
124.00
125.00
126.00
128.00
128.00
130.00
130.00
133.00
138.00
143.00
170.00
164.00
163.00
170.00
177.00
166.00
159.00
181.00
202.00
183.00
169.00
169.00
177.00
184.00
199.00
181.00
187.00
196.00
162.00
161.00
180.00
185.00
190.00
205.00
200.00
240.00
280.00
300.00
280.00
300.00
310.00
325.00
293.00
303.00
372.00
428.00
450.00
450.00
440.00
440.00
Rice area (000 Ha)
24.28
25.09
25.50
26.71
26.91
27.00
18.00
29.14
26.71
28.33
28.33
23.30
18.80
21.90
22.30
22.80
22.20
22.90
17.10
21.70
27.80
27.20
14.80
10.60
12.10
15.22
15.93
19.21
14.05
14.61
13.45
11.22
8.26
13.17
15.40
17.03
12.70
14.00
14.60
15.40
14.00
10.00
11.80
16.00
17.87
18.35
16.61
34.00
73.00
86.15
42.03
63.59
66.38
66.29
Paddy yield (t/Ha)
1.21
1.21
1.22
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.13
1.27
1.37
1.43
1.43
1.29
1.36
1.19
1.22
0.79
0.77
1.24
1.72
1.97
1.42
1.24
1.76
2.57
1.91
1.61
1.28
1.54
1.51
1.47
1.53
1.73
1.46
1.54
1.23
1.07
1.02
1.34
2.17
2.21
2.33
2.05
1.74
2.04
1.00
1.69
0.69
1.13
1.08
1.16
1.22
0.85
1.05
0.70
Paddy Production (000 t)
29.46
30.48
30.99
36.58
36.88
36.90
20.32
37.00
36.58
40.64
40.64
30.00
25.50
26.10
27.20
18.00
17.20
28.30
29.40
42.70
39.50
33.70
26.10
27.20
23.10
24.46
20.43
29.49
21.23
21.43
20.53
19.41
12.06
20.27
18.95
18.18
13.00
18.80
31.70
34.10
32.60
20.45
20.50
32.60
17.93
31.02
11.40
38.30
79.00
99.89
51.14
54.22
69.70
46.67
Milled production (000 t)
19.65
20.33
20.67
24.40
24.60
24.61
13.55
24.68
24.40
27.11
27.11
20.01
17.01
17.41
18.14
12.01
11.47
18.88
19.61
28.48
26.35
22.48
17.41
18.14
15.41
16.32
13.63
19.67
14.16
14.29
13.69
12.95
8.04
13.52
12.64
12.13
8.67
12.54
21.14
22.74
21.74
13.64
13.67
21.74
11.96
20.69
7.60
25.55
52.69
66.63
34.11
Rice imports (000 t)
8.10
10.60
8.20
9.10
6.80
7.64
8.60
9.97
12.51
14.22
7.64
10.41
12.72
8.85
13.47
24.10
30.45
34.35
24.92
26.30
27.77
27.70
29.67
50.00
64.78
36.74
50.30
90.19
25.84
75.06
64.59
54.60
50.68
62.00
68.21
85.02
94.26
12.80
66.42
89.82
54.36
69.27
79.81
29.36
111.21
92.25
114.16
115.74
136.99
139.34
74.86
90.62
69.70
Rice exports (000 t)
0.00
0.04
0.23
0.15
0.13
1.19
0.41
0.14
0.10
0.93
0.02
0.36
0.49
0.04
Total rice consumption (000 t)
24.78
26.51
28.35
29.96
31.26
29.90
32.68
30.98
32.61
34.20
34.14
32.81
31.36
31.67
43.31
41.59
46.36
47.84
45.26
47.46
57.88
55.67
53.89
62.94
75.09
66.98
69.55
77.13
76.70
79.86
86.31
70.60
75.10
77.92
83.60
86.80
88.29
51.80
93.18
99.38
98.73
82.09
70.58
75.44
103.63
107.82
126.89
131.49
165.94
160.22
147.99
Fertilizer usage (NPK) (000 t)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.32
2.88
4.37
3.59
2.34
1.69
2.23
3.01
6.16
6.43
6.41
4.63
10.12
9.71
18.02
19.46
12.70
7.51
12.33
13.11
12.43
23.08
21.47
14.13
4.67
10.94
3.21
4.59
4.94
4.97
4.44
5.08
4.21
5.37
12.50
5.00
2.86
2.67
0.00
9.40
8.10
9.75
10.82
8.98
4.25
6.36
7.29
10.27
6.45
0.50


Production



Imports and exports



Caloric intake (%/day) from rice relative to other sources



Protein intake (%/day) from rice relative to other sources


General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 2,060
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 3 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 5 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: rice, millet and sorghum, oils and fats, sugar and sweeteners, wheat, maize, milk
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 60.6 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons

 

Planting

Harvesting

Main
May-Jun
Oct-Nov
Off
Jan-Feb
May-Jun


Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):


The Gambia is a very small tropical nation of 11,300 km2, forming an east-west strip of land along the Gambia River to its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean. Senegal surrounds the country apart from its 80-km coastline. The vegetation is forest and rainforest but large areas have been deforested for firewood and agriculture. About 40% of the land is arable. In 2011, agriculture occupied 76% of the workforce in the population of 1.78 million and contributed 29.9% of GDP.

Source: FAOSTAT database online as of November 2012.




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