Melonseed — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Melonseed — Area harvested was 11,069 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — area harvested in Senegal stood at 11,069 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 17,500 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,189 ha | 1,300 ha | 17,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,014 ha | 2,290 ha | 12,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,190 ha | 5,000 ha | 7,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,595 ha | 7,119 ha | 9,002 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,138 ha | 7,640 ha | 8,974 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,532 ha | 9,313 ha | 11,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,104 ha | 11,039 ha | 11,247 ha | 5 |
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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 melonseed — area harvested in Senegal?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Senegal was 11,069 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 17,500 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1966.
- How does Senegal rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 11th out of 17 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. 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 Melonseed — 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.