Millet — Area harvested in Senegal
Senegal: Millet — Area harvested was 1.00 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Millet — Area harvested in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 1.00 million ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Senegal peaked at 1.15 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 686,892 ha, in 2007.
Senegal ranks 10th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Millet — Area harvested in Senegal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 738,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 768,300 ha | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 842,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 898,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 950,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 849,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1967 | 1.01 million ha | +19.5% |
| 1968 | 925,100 ha | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 910,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 856,400 ha | -6.0% |
| 1971 | 855,700 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 822,200 ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 960,000 ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 1.01 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 845,700 ha | -16.5% |
| 1976 | 786,100 ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 827,800 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 925,900 ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 812,100 ha | -12.3% |
| 1980 | 951,400 ha | +17.2% |
| 1981 | 1.03 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 870,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1983 | 709,000 ha | -18.5% |
| 1984 | 903,000 ha | +27.4% |
| 1985 | 1.15 million ha | +26.9% |
| 1986 | 856,195 ha | -25.3% |
| 1987 | 946,001 ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 893,436 ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 952,898 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 864,842 ha | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 978,818 ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 905,086 ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 1.10 million ha | +21.6% |
| 1994 | 1.08 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 1.04 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 971,643 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 821,238 ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 789,703 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 1.01 million ha | +27.6% |
| 2000 | 842,124 ha | -16.4% |
| 2001 | 801,074 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 819,580 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 857,458 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 686,929 ha | -19.9% |
| 2005 | 800,763 ha | +16.6% |
| 2006 | 748,311 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 686,892 ha | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 883,619 ha | +28.6% |
| 2009 | 1.05 million ha | +19.0% |
| 2010 | 1.03 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 779,803 ha | -24.5% |
| 2012 | 817,471 ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 754,274 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 715,996 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 922,008 ha | +28.8% |
| 2016 | 935,232 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 940,880 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 930,122 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 880,408 ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 1.02 million ha | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 968,218 ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 969,693 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 1.00 million ha | -0.6% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1.00 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 12.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1.00 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 13.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 877,311 ha | 738,100 ha | 1.01 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 870,500 ha | 786,100 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 926,123 ha | 709,000 ha | 1.15 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 955,606 ha | 789,703 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 817,842 ha | 686,892 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 870,935 ha | 715,996 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 993,376 ha | 968,218 ha | 1.02 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 7 Nigeria 1.90 million ha compare
- 8 Chad 1.16 million ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,071 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 1.10 million ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 994 ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 321 ha compare
- 11 China 884,639 ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 161 ha compare
- 12 China, mainland 884,322 ha compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 104 ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 455,000 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 millet — area harvested in Senegal?
- Millet — area harvested in Senegal was 1.00 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 686,892 ha in 2007.
- How does Senegal rank for millet — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 10th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Senegal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.