Cassava, fresh — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 14,803 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Senegal stood at 14,803 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 111.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Senegal peaked at 14,803 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,150 kg/ha, in 1992.
Senegal ranks 33rd of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,976 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,121 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 4,500 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1964 | 4,727 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 3,974 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1966 | 3,755 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 3,784 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 3,715 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 4,533 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1970 | 4,151 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 4,421 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 3,670 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1973 | 4,596 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1974 | 3,594 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1975 | 2,943 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1976 | 2,680 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1977 | 3,971 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1978 | 4,705 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1979 | 3,166 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1980 | 3,402 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 4,333 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1982 | 3,718 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1983 | 2,742 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1984 | 2,959 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 3,953 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1986 | 3,736 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 3,745 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 3,407 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 3,651 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 3,516 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 2,475 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1992 | 2,150 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 2,767 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1994 | 2,492 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 3,180 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1996 | 2,640 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1997 | 2,336 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 4,953 kg/ha | +112.1% |
| 1999 | 5,100 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 4,888 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 4,961 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 4,996 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 5,039 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 6,737 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 2005 | 10,808 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 2006 | 6,167 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 2007 | 5,034 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2008 | 8,134 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 2009 | 8,191 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 7,190 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 7,492 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 8,240 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 8,028 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 6,998 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 8,194 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2016 | 10,916 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2017 | 11,487 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 11,909 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 11,818 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 13,957 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 13,813 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 13,673 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 14,347 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 14,803 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 14,803 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 14,803 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield in Senegal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +112.1% | 2,336 kg/ha | 4,953 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,121 kg/ha | 3,715 kg/ha | 4,727 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,790 kg/ha | 2,680 kg/ha | 4,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,564 kg/ha | 2,742 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,161 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha | 5,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,496 kg/ha | 4,888 kg/ha | 10,808 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,227 kg/ha | 6,998 kg/ha | 11,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,119 kg/ha | 13,673 kg/ha | 14,803 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 333.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Senegal?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Senegal was 14,803 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 14,803 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,150 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Senegal rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Senegal ranks 33rd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.