Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 415.9 kg/ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Senegal, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. — yield in Senegal is 415.9 kg/ha, measured in 1990.
That represents a change of down 28.9% on the previous year and up 66.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Senegal peaked at 639.3 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 236.5 kg/ha, in 1979.
Senegal ranks 63rd of 67 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 406.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 375 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 366.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 300 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1965 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 370.1 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1967 | 381.3 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 336.6 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1969 | 363.5 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 434.5 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1971 | 362.1 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 336 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 363.7 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 449.2 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1975 | 486.8 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 419.4 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1977 | 368.3 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1978 | 422.4 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1979 | 236.5 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1980 | 250 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 333.3 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1984 | 571.4 kg/ha | +71.4% |
| 1985 | 639.3 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1986 | 508.1 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1987 | 571.4 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 593.6 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 585.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 415.9 kg/ha | -28.9% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 415.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 912.5 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 415.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 690.3 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 355.5 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 406.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 387.89 kg/ha | 236.5 kg/ha | 486.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 455.22 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 639.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 415.9 kg/ha | 415.9 kg/ha | 415.9 kg/ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 60 Burundi 524.7 kg/ha
- 61 South Africa 503.9 kg/ha compare
- 62 Mali 450.1 kg/ha compare
- 64 Russian Federation 398.9 kg/ha
- 65 Guinea-Bissau 363.4 kg/ha
- 66 Mongolia 353.5 kg/ha compare
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 cereals n.e.c. — yield in Senegal?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Senegal was 415.9 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 639.3 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 236.5 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Senegal rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Senegal ranks 63rd out of 67 countries with data for 1990.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.4%. 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, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.