Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1.27 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 1.27 million ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 1.35 million ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 524,843 ha, in 2003.
That places Senegal 7th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.03 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.01 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 1.08 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 1.05 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 1.11 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 1.12 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 1.17 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 1.20 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 959,800 ha | -19.7% |
| 1970 | 989,918 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 1.07 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 1.09 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 1.04 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 1.15 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 1.30 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 1.35 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 1.11 million ha | -17.3% |
| 1978 | 1.18 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 1.07 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 1.07 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 1.02 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 1.15 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 1.11 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 872,972 ha | -21.2% |
| 1985 | 604,573 ha | -30.7% |
| 1986 | 807,728 ha | +33.6% |
| 1987 | 845,338 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 903,438 ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 784,059 ha | -13.2% |
| 1990 | 913,948 ha | +16.6% |
| 1991 | 871,614 ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 956,780 ha | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 739,031 ha | -22.8% |
| 1994 | 892,031 ha | +20.7% |
| 1995 | 841,384 ha | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 919,815 ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 788,120 ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 555,464 ha | -29.5% |
| 1999 | 916,847 ha | +65.1% |
| 2000 | 1.10 million ha | +19.5% |
| 2001 | 920,534 ha | -16.0% |
| 2002 | 813,725 ha | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 524,843 ha | -35.5% |
| 2004 | 747,303 ha | +42.4% |
| 2005 | 772,305 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 594,264 ha | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 607,195 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 836,843 ha | +37.8% |
| 2009 | 1.06 million ha | +26.6% |
| 2010 | 1.20 million ha | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 865,770 ha | -27.6% |
| 2012 | 708,950 ha | -18.1% |
| 2013 | 916,750 ha | +29.3% |
| 2014 | 878,659 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 1.14 million ha | +29.2% |
| 2016 | 880,000 ha | -22.5% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million ha | +42.5% |
| 2018 | 1.13 million ha | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 1.11 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.23 million ha | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 1.21 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.23 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.25 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 1.27 million ha | +1.1% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1.27 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 30.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1.27 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 11.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.08 million ha | 959,800 ha | 1.20 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.13 million ha | 989,918 ha | 1.35 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 916,431 ha | 604,573 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 839,503 ha | 555,464 ha | 956,780 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 797,149 ha | 524,843 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million ha | 708,950 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 4 Nigeria 3.45 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 950,000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 515,000 ha compare
- 5 Sudan 2.45 million ha compare
- 6 Sudan (former) 1.70 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 148,103 ha compare
- 8 Myanmar 1.23 million ha compare
- 8 Türkiye 57,642 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,153 ha compare
- 9 Niger 1.04 million ha compare
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Senegal?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Senegal was 1.27 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.35 million ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 524,843 ha in 2003.
- How does Senegal rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 7th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.