Millet — Yield in Senegal
Senegal: Millet — Yield was 1,106 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Senegal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — yield in Senegal is 1,106 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 11.8% on the previous year and up 93.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Senegal peaked at 1,253 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 320 kg/ha, in 1972.
Senegal ranks 44th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 452.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 453.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 466.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 486.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 477.9 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 406.5 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1967 | 526.1 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1968 | 396.6 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1969 | 568.1 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1970 | 381.5 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1971 | 555 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 1972 | 320 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 1973 | 433.6 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1974 | 639.5 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 1975 | 598.4 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 578.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 413.6 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1978 | 707.1 kg/ha | +71.0% |
| 1979 | 522.1 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1980 | 474 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1981 | 764.5 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 1982 | 548.2 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1983 | 404.8 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1984 | 421.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 670.2 kg/ha | +58.9% |
| 1986 | 586.4 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 729.5 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1988 | 542.4 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1989 | 670.5 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1990 | 583.7 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 685.1 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 621.7 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 684 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 622.5 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1995 | 764.1 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1996 | 618.9 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1997 | 519.3 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1998 | 559 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 670 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2000 | 712.7 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 694.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 506.1 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2003 | 732.9 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 2004 | 471.3 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2005 | 760 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 2006 | 660.6 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 464.2 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2008 | 767.5 kg/ha | +65.3% |
| 2009 | 770.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 787.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 616.5 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2012 | 810.6 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2013 | 683.3 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 571.2 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2015 | 813.3 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 2016 | 747 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 930.5 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2018 | 965 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 916.7 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 1,119 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 1,074 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 1,131 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 1,253 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 1,106 kg/ha | -11.8% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 1,106 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,099 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 1,106 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 470.52 kg/ha | 396.6 kg/ha | 568.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 514.97 kg/ha | 320 kg/ha | 707.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 581.24 kg/ha | 404.8 kg/ha | 764.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 632.83 kg/ha | 519.3 kg/ha | 764.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 654.05 kg/ha | 464.2 kg/ha | 770.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 784.13 kg/ha | 571.2 kg/ha | 965 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,137 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 1,253 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 millet — yield in Senegal?
- Millet — yield in Senegal was 1,106 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,253 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 320 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for millet — yield?
- Senegal ranks 44th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.6%. 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 Millet — Yield. 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.