Basic Statistics
Element | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 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
|
Production seasons
|
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.