Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 313.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 313.6 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Senegal peaked at 528.8 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 122.5 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Senegal 109th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 322 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 152.4 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 1963 | 147.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 122.5 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 264.2 kg/ha | +115.7% |
| 1966 | 386.8 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1967 | 458.5 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1968 | 528.8 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1969 | 386.1 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1970 | 304.1 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1971 | 404.2 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1972 | 403.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 404.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 381.8 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 286.5 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 360.9 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1977 | 276.1 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1978 | 245 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1979 | 304.3 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1980 | 241.1 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 448.6 kg/ha | +86.1% |
| 1982 | 392.2 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1983 | 319.6 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1984 | 354.3 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1985 | 251.7 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1986 | 369.1 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 1987 | 470.4 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1988 | 351.3 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1989 | 424.1 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1990 | 361.2 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1991 | 403.3 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 400.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 400.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 384 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 288.7 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1996 | 267.1 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 340.5 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1998 | 211.4 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1999 | 380.1 kg/ha | +79.8% |
| 2000 | 320.9 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2001 | 380.4 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 387 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 416.7 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 318.8 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2005 | 412 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2006 | 416 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 366.1 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 417.8 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 340 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2010 | 330.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 333.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 334.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 299.4 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 282.1 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 371.1 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2016 | 354.7 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 323.3 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 334.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 265.9 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 390.2 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2021 | 415.6 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 315.3 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2023 | 294.2 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 313.6 kg/ha | +6.6% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 313.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 313.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 307.6 kg/ha | 122.5 kg/ha | 528.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 337.06 kg/ha | 245 kg/ha | 404.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 362.24 kg/ha | 241.1 kg/ha | 470.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343.66 kg/ha | 211.4 kg/ha | 403.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 377.57 kg/ha | 318.8 kg/ha | 417.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 322.9 kg/ha | 265.9 kg/ha | 371.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 345.78 kg/ha | 294.2 kg/ha | 415.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 106 Guinea 329.7 kg/ha compare
- 107 Yemen 325.2 kg/ha compare
- 108 Guadeloupe 319.4 kg/ha compare
- 110 Zambia 306.3 kg/ha compare
- 111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 291.7 kg/ha compare
- 112 Mozambique 238 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Senegal?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Senegal was 313.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 528.8 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 122.5 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Senegal rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Senegal ranks 109th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.