Cereals, primary — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,004 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Senegal is 2,004 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 80.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Senegal peaked at 2,039 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 370.9 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Senegal 125th out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 574.59 kg/ha | 461.2 kg/ha | 699 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 612.38 kg/ha | 370.9 kg/ha | 833.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 730.42 kg/ha | 547.4 kg/ha | 904.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 789.58 kg/ha | 667.8 kg/ha | 872 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 959.47 kg/ha | 651.6 kg/ha | 1,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,307 kg/ha | 966.9 kg/ha | 1,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,930 kg/ha | 1,822 kg/ha | 2,039 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 122 Timor-Leste 2,112 kg/ha compare
- 123 Djibouti 2,041 kg/ha compare
- 124 Sao Tome and Principe 2,004 kg/ha compare
- 126 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 126 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 128 Iceland 1,972 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture share gdp 17.08 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.08 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 8.37 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 38,625 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Senegal?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Senegal was 2,004 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,039 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 370.9 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Senegal ranks 125th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.3%. 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, primary — 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.