Maize (corn) — Production in Senegal
Senegal: Maize (corn) — Production was 774,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — production in Senegal stood at 774,000 t.
That represents a change of down 9.5% on the previous year and up 333.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Senegal peaked at 855,033 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20,200 t, in 1972.
Senegal ranks 70th of 183 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,984 t | 25,300 t | 56,800 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,299 t | 20,200 t | 56,407 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 101,008 t | 56,777 t | 146,934 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,279 t | 44,339 t | 138,318 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 249,741 t | 78,593 t | 400,907 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 307,516 t | 124,092 t | 530,705 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 786,657 t | 754,621 t | 855,033 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 67 Kyrgyzstan 805,250 t compare
- 68 El Salvador 785,000 t compare
- 69 Czechoslovakia 779,555 t compare
- 71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 762,288 t compare
- 72 Honduras 730,330 t compare
- 73 Republic of Moldova 716,903 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture share gdp 17.08 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.08 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 8.37 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 38,625 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Senegal?
- Maize (corn) — production in Senegal was 774,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 855,033 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,200 t in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Senegal ranks 70th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 333.1%. 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) — Production. 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.