Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 275,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Senegal stood at 275,000 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 87.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 286,977 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 31,000 ha, in 1962.
Senegal ranks 57th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,967 ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 33,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 47,000 ha | +42.4% |
| 1965 | 54,285 ha | +15.5% |
| 1966 | 53,764 ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 71,665 ha | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 36,345 ha | -49.3% |
| 1969 | 55,414 ha | +52.5% |
| 1970 | 50,642 ha | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 48,834 ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 32,319 ha | -33.8% |
| 1973 | 39,256 ha | +21.5% |
| 1974 | 48,624 ha | +23.9% |
| 1975 | 56,437 ha | +16.1% |
| 1976 | 48,600 ha | -13.9% |
| 1977 | 53,642 ha | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 56,307 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 67,685 ha | +20.2% |
| 1980 | 78,059 ha | +15.3% |
| 1981 | 77,934 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 78,149 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 70,512 ha | -9.8% |
| 1984 | 82,680 ha | +17.3% |
| 1985 | 101,381 ha | +22.6% |
| 1986 | 94,699 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 98,860 ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 110,297 ha | +11.6% |
| 1989 | 92,990 ha | -15.7% |
| 1990 | 116,686 ha | +25.5% |
| 1991 | 90,632 ha | -22.3% |
| 1992 | 105,041 ha | +15.9% |
| 1993 | 108,960 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 106,814 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 97,889 ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 84,913 ha | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 62,178 ha | -26.8% |
| 1998 | 53,714 ha | -13.6% |
| 1999 | 70,440 ha | +31.1% |
| 2000 | 70,715 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 88,399 ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 108,114 ha | +22.3% |
| 2003 | 175,575 ha | +62.4% |
| 2004 | 147,298 ha | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 143,039 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 130,461 ha | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 143,769 ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 216,517 ha | +50.6% |
| 2009 | 178,710 ha | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 121,235 ha | -32.2% |
| 2011 | 109,517 ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 147,699 ha | +34.9% |
| 2013 | 156,576 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 146,361 ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 199,502 ha | +36.3% |
| 2016 | 219,453 ha | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 231,659 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 250,891 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 258,391 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 286,977 ha | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 284,955 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 277,243 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 278,149 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 275,000 ha | -1.1% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 275,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 275,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,049 ha | 31,000 ha | 71,665 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,235 ha | 32,319 ha | 67,685 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,556 ha | 70,512 ha | 110,297 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89,727 ha | 53,714 ha | 116,686 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 140,260 ha | 70,715 ha | 216,517 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 184,128 ha | 109,517 ha | 258,391 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 280,465 ha | 275,000 ha | 286,977 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Senegal?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Senegal was 275,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 286,977 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Senegal rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 57th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.9%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.