Cashew nut yields in Senegal
Senegal: Cashew nut yields was 0.404 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nut yields in Senegal, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cashew nut yields in Senegal is 0.404 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nut yields in Senegal peaked at 0.404 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1667 tonnes per hectare, in 1990.
That places Senegal 29th out of 34 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2715 tonnes per hectare | 0.2703 tonnes per hectare | 0.2727 tonnes per hectare | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.2522 tonnes per hectare | 0.1667 tonnes per hectare | 0.2941 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2994 tonnes per hectare | 0.2667 tonnes per hectare | 0.3374 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.385 tonnes per hectare | 0.3659 tonnes per hectare | 0.3943 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4003 tonnes per hectare | 0.3972 tonnes per hectare | 0.404 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.1% (2025)
- Rural population 8.37 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.1% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.1% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 1.94 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nut yields in Senegal?
- Cashew nut yields in Senegal was 0.404 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cashew nut yields recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.404 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nut yields recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1667 tonnes per hectare in 1990.
- How does Senegal rank for cashew nut yields?
- Senegal ranks 29th out of 34 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nut yields rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cashew nut yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.