Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 300,395 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Senegal stood at 300,395 ha.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and up 144.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 313,474 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39,433 ha, in 1983.
Senegal ranks 7th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 51,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 51,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 54,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 85,900 ha | +59.1% |
| 1967 | 99,100 ha | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 69,600 ha | -29.8% |
| 1969 | 71,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 63,100 ha | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 70,800 ha | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 86,392 ha | +22.0% |
| 1973 | 52,930 ha | -38.7% |
| 1974 | 59,394 ha | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 62,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 62,400 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 57,223 ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 62,417 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 46,500 ha | -25.5% |
| 1980 | 50,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 59,183 ha | +18.4% |
| 1982 | 45,886 ha | -22.5% |
| 1983 | 39,433 ha | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 52,498 ha | +33.1% |
| 1985 | 120,716 ha | +129.9% |
| 1986 | 117,607 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 71,480 ha | -39.2% |
| 1988 | 70,687 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 64,809 ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 45,334 ha | -30.0% |
| 1991 | 50,744 ha | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 73,653 ha | +45.1% |
| 1993 | 118,432 ha | +60.8% |
| 1994 | 91,504 ha | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 97,479 ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 88,623 ha | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 88,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 123,365 ha | +40.2% |
| 1999 | 170,000 ha | +37.8% |
| 2000 | 146,464 ha | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 90,685 ha | -38.1% |
| 2002 | 132,596 ha | +46.2% |
| 2003 | 145,487 ha | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 188,181 ha | +29.3% |
| 2005 | 221,907 ha | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 193,462 ha | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 168,825 ha | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 272,104 ha | +61.2% |
| 2009 | 215,783 ha | -20.7% |
| 2010 | 128,244 ha | -40.6% |
| 2011 | 94,530 ha | -26.3% |
| 2012 | 143,600 ha | +51.9% |
| 2013 | 129,206 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 123,111 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 153,142 ha | +24.4% |
| 2016 | 162,990 ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 183,422 ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 203,059 ha | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 257,216 ha | +26.7% |
| 2020 | 289,895 ha | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 288,888 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 293,854 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 313,474 ha | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 300,395 ha | -4.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 300,395 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 96,951 ha, 3.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 300,395 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 191,625 ha, 1.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +129.9% | 52,498 ha | 120,716 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,311 ha | 48,000 ha | 99,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,316 ha | 46,500 ha | 86,392 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,230 ha | 39,433 ha | 120,716 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 94,713 ha | 45,334 ha | 170,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 177,549 ha | 90,685 ha | 272,104 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 157,852 ha | 94,530 ha | 257,216 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 297,301 ha | 288,888 ha | 313,474 ha | 5 |
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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 cow peas, dry — area harvested in Senegal?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Senegal was 300,395 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 313,474 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,433 ha in 1983.
- How does Senegal rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 7th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.0%. 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 Cow peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.