Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,327 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Senegal stood at 1,327 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 74.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Senegal peaked at 1,467 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 320.4 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Senegal 54th out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 996.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,007 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 965.9 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 1,006 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 895.5 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1967 | 864.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 700.2 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1969 | 829.4 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1970 | 596 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1971 | 932.9 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 1972 | 540.1 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1973 | 664.4 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1974 | 850.8 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1975 | 1,109 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1976 | 914.9 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1977 | 466.3 kg/ha | -49.0% |
| 1978 | 900.7 kg/ha | +93.2% |
| 1979 | 632.4 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1980 | 486.6 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1981 | 858.8 kg/ha | +76.5% |
| 1982 | 874.8 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 495.5 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 1984 | 577.1 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1985 | 994.5 kg/ha | +72.3% |
| 1986 | 1,043 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 1,139 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 800.2 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1989 | 1,077 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1990 | 768.7 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1991 | 831.1 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 604.6 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1993 | 849.3 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 1994 | 760.1 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 939.7 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1996 | 702.7 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1997 | 691.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 1,042 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1999 | 1,106 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 969.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 964 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 320.4 kg/ha | -66.8% |
| 2003 | 839.7 kg/ha | +162.1% |
| 2004 | 806.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 910.7 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2006 | 774.9 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 545.5 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2008 | 873.8 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 2009 | 975 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 1,076 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 609.3 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 2012 | 976.9 kg/ha | +60.3% |
| 2013 | 739 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2014 | 761.8 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 924.9 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2016 | 817 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2017 | 1,120 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2018 | 1,323 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 1,279 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,467 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 1,382 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 1,226 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2023 | 1,336 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 1,327 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1,327 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1,327 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 918.37 kg/ha | 700.2 kg/ha | 1,007 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 760.74 kg/ha | 466.3 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 834.66 kg/ha | 486.6 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 829.62 kg/ha | 604.6 kg/ha | 1,106 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 797.95 kg/ha | 320.4 kg/ha | 975 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 962.81 kg/ha | 609.3 kg/ha | 1,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,348 kg/ha | 1,226 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Senegal?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Senegal was 1,327 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,467 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 320.4 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Senegal rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Senegal ranks 54th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.2%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield. 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.