What is the difference in cotton yields between Romania and Senegal?

0.0039 tonnes per hectare, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Senegal?

29 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1999.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cotton yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Romania vs Senegal: Cotton yields

Romania

0.9 tonnes per hectare

in 1999

Senegal

0.8961 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Romania rank

71st

Senegal rank

72nd

Cotton yields over time

Romania
Senegal

How they compare

Romania currently reports 0.9 tonnes per hectare against 0.8961 tonnes per hectare in Senegal, a difference of 0.0039 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Senegal ahead.

Romania ranks 71st and Senegal ranks 72nd of 100 countries.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Romania	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3255 tonnes per hectare	0.6777 tonnes per hectare	0.3522 tonnes per hectare	Senegal
1970s	0.5438 tonnes per hectare	0.922 tonnes per hectare	0.3782 tonnes per hectare	Senegal
1980s	0.5935 tonnes per hectare	1.03 tonnes per hectare	0.4415 tonnes per hectare	Senegal
1990s	0.7608 tonnes per hectare	0.9819 tonnes per hectare	0.2211 tonnes per hectare	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cotton yields, Romania or Senegal?: Romania, at 0.9 tonnes per hectare against 0.8961 tonnes per hectare in Senegal as of 1999.
What is the difference in cotton yields between Romania and Senegal?: 0.0039 tonnes per hectare, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Senegal?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1999.
How do Romania and Senegal rank globally for cotton yields?: Romania ranks 71st and Senegal ranks 72nd of 100 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cotton yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Cotton yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 101 places, 5,475 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.