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Agricultural land in Gambia

Agricultural land in the Gambia was 76.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 13th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202476.1% Estimated
Change on 2023+0.1 pts
Rank13th of 224Countries ranked
Series high76.12024
Series low32.71961

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Agricultural land in Gambia, 1961 to 2024

30405060708019611971198119912001201120241961: 32.7 %1962: 32.8 %1963: 32.9 %1964: 33 %1965: 33.1 %1966: 33.2 %1967: 33.4 %1968: 33.4 %1969: 33.6 %1970: 33.6 %1971: 33.9 %1972: 34.4 %1973: 34.9 %1974: 37.6 %1975: 37 %1976: 37 %1977: 37.7 %1978: 38.3 %1979: 37.2 %1980: 36.6 %1981: 38.7 %1982: 40.8 %1983: 38.9 %1984: 37.5 %1985: 37.6 %1986: 38.4 %1987: 39.1 %1988: 40.6 %1989: 38.8 %1990: 39.4 %1991: 40.3 %1992: 36.9 %1993: 36.8 %1994: 38.7 %1995: 38.2 %1996: 39.1 %1997: 39.7 %1998: 40.5 %1999: 41.3 %2000: 41.9 %2001: 42.7 %2002: 43.7 %2003: 44.5 %2004: 44.8 %2005: 45.8 %2006: 46.7 %2007: 47.6 %2008: 54.6 %2009: 60 %2010: 62.1 %2011: 61.8 %2012: 62.3 %2013: 62.8 %2014: 63 %2015: 63.6 %2016: 64.1 %2017: 64.7 %2018: 66.5 %2019: 68.4 %2020: 70.6 %2021: 72.9 %2022: 75.2 %2023: 76 %2024: 76.1 %2040608019611983200520241961: 32.7 %1962: 32.8 %1963: 32.9 %1964: 33 %1965: 33.1 %1966: 33.2 %1967: 33.4 %1968: 33.4 %1969: 33.6 %1970: 33.6 %1971: 33.9 %1972: 34.4 %1973: 34.9 %1974: 37.6 %1975: 37 %1976: 37 %1977: 37.7 %1978: 38.3 %1979: 37.2 %1980: 36.6 %1981: 38.7 %1982: 40.8 %1983: 38.9 %1984: 37.5 %1985: 37.6 %1986: 38.4 %1987: 39.1 %1988: 40.6 %1989: 38.8 %1990: 39.4 %1991: 40.3 %1992: 36.9 %1993: 36.8 %1994: 38.7 %1995: 38.2 %1996: 39.1 %1997: 39.7 %1998: 40.5 %1999: 41.3 %2000: 41.9 %2001: 42.7 %2002: 43.7 %2003: 44.5 %2004: 44.8 %2005: 45.8 %2006: 46.7 %2007: 47.6 %2008: 54.6 %2009: 60 %2010: 62.1 %2011: 61.8 %2012: 62.3 %2013: 62.8 %2014: 63 %2015: 63.6 %2016: 64.1 %2017: 64.7 %2018: 66.5 %2019: 68.4 %2020: 70.6 %2021: 72.9 %2022: 75.2 %2023: 76 %2024: 76.1 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202476.1 Estimated
202376 Estimated
202275.2 Estimated
202172.9 Estimated
202070.6 Estimated
201968.4 Estimated
201866.5 Estimated
201764.7 Estimated
201664.1 Estimated
201563.6 Estimated
201463 Estimated
201362.8 Estimated
201262.3 Estimated
201161.8 Estimated
201062.1 Estimated
200960 Estimated
200854.6 Estimated
200747.6 Estimated
200646.7 Estimated
200545.8 Estimated
200444.8 Estimated
200344.5 Estimated
200243.7 Estimated
200142.7 Estimated
200041.9 Estimated
199941.3 Estimated
199840.5 Estimated
199739.7 Estimated
199639.1 Estimated
199538.2 Estimated
199438.7 Estimated
199336.8 Estimated
199236.9 Estimated
199140.3 Estimated
199039.4 Estimated
198938.8 Estimated
198840.6 Estimated
198739.1 Estimated
198638.4 Estimated
198537.6 Estimated
198437.5 Estimated
198338.9 Estimated
198240.8 Estimated
198138.7 Estimated
198036.6 Estimated
197937.2 Estimated
197838.3 Estimated
197737.7 Estimated
197637 Estimated
197537 Estimated
197437.6 Estimated
197334.9 Estimated
197234.4 Estimated
197133.9 Estimated
197033.6 Estimated
196933.6 Estimated
196833.4 Estimated
196733.4 Estimated
196633.2 Estimated
196533.1 Estimated
196433 Estimated
196332.9 Estimated
196232.8 Estimated
196132.7 Estimated

Gambia compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Gambia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Gambia, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Gambia, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/gambia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Gambia, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/gambia.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Gambia, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/gambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Gambia?

Agricultural land in the Gambia was 76.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 13th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Gambia?

76.1% in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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